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Final Exam for Psych 520 childdevelopment Exam with correct answers
Cephalocaudal Principle - correct answer-(head to toe)
Proximodistal Principle (near to far) - correct answer-(near to far)
Nutrition and Feeding - correct answer-Babies should be exclusively bread-fed for 6 months.
Breastfeeding - correct answer-infant sucking at the breast triggers the release of oxytocin
Benefits of Breastfeeding - correct answer-improved immune functioning and sensory/cognitive
benefits.
Oxytocin - correct answer-Breastfeeding - infant sucking at the breast triggers the release of oxytocin
Foods Between ages 6 and 12 months - correct answer-iron-enriched solid foods and water should be
introduced.
Malnutrition - correct answer-faulty or inadequate diet. Responsible for more than half of the deaths of
children.Children irreversibly damaged by age 2.
Spinal Cord and BrainStem - correct answer-central nervous system: Sensory messages travel to the
brain. Motor commands travel back
Cerebellum - correct answer-Maintains balance and motor coordination
Cerebrum - correct answer-Area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body and
holds two hemispheres.
,corpus callosum - correct answer-the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres
and carrying messages between them. Enables sharing information and coordinating commands.
Split Brain, Seizures.
Cerebral hemisphere - correct answer-One-half (left or right) of the cerebrum, the topmost part of the
brain.
frontal lobe - correct answer-A region of the cerebral cortex that has specialized areas involved in a
variety of higher-order processing, executive control, attention,
occipital lobe - correct answer-A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information
parietal lobe - correct answer-A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions include processing
information about touch.
temporal lobe - correct answer-A region of the cerebral cortex responsible interprets smells and sounds
and is involved in memory
central nervous system - correct answer-brain and spinal cord: Sensory messages travel to the
brainMotor commands travel back
brain and spinal cord - correct answer-Responsible for basic bodily functions
Peripheral nervous system - correct answer-A division of the nervous system consisting of all nerves that
are not part of the brain or spinal cord.
Cerebral cortex - correct answer-governs vision, hearing, and other sensory information(basically holds
the lobes)
Frontal cortex - correct answer-responsible for abstract thought, mental associations, remembering, and
deliberate motor responses.Houses prefrontal cortex.
, Brain Cells - correct answer-Neurons, gila, mitosis, axons
Neurons - correct answer-nerve cells that send and receive information
Glia, or glial cells - correct answer-nourish and protect the neurons
Mitosis - correct answer-cell division process by which immature neurons are produced every minute
Axons - correct answer-send signals to other neurons
Dendrites - correct answer-receive incoming messages from axons
Synapses - correct answer-Nervous systems' communication links bridged by neurotransmitters As
neurons multiply, migrate and develop connections they undergo processes like integration and
differentiation
Integration - correct answer-Neurons coordinate the activities of muscle groups
Differentiation - correct answer-Cells acquire specialized structure and function
Cell death-Use it or Lose it - correct answer-Normal elimination of excess cells to achieve more efficient
functioning - use it or lose it.- If you aren't using certain cells your body will get rid of the ones that
aren't used (trimming)
Myelination - correct answer-Process of coating neurons with myelin, a fatty substance that enables
faster communication between cells
Myelin - correct answer-a fatty substance that enables faster communication between cells. Lugerets
disease
Helps with response times and motor activity
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