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TEST 2 CHAPTER 4

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Cephalocaudal trend   head to toe a pattern of growth occurring in the prenatal period in which the head develops more rapidly than the rest of the body  
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Proximodistal trend   pattern of growth that proceeds from the center of the body outward. Example – arms and legs grow before hands and feet.  
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Brian Development   At birth, the brain is nearer to its adult size than any other physical structure, and it develops at an astounding pace throughout infancy and toddlerhood.  
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Neurons   nerve cells that store and transmit information  
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Synapses   gaps between neurons where fibers from neurons come close together but don’t touch  
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Neurotransmitters   chemicals released by neurons to send messages to each other  
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Synaptic pruning   Nerve patterns that havent been used dissapear  
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Glial cells   form half of the brain’s volume provide support and protection for neurons; myelination  
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Myelination   coating of neural fibers with myelin  
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Myelin   insulating fatty sheath that improves the efficience of message transfer  
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Cerebral Cortex   surrounds the brain 1. The largest, most complex part of the human brain, and the last brain structure to stop growing  
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Frontal lobe   planning; last to develop- impulse  
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Parietal lobe   sensory  
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Temporal lobe   auditory  
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Occipital lobe   visual  
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Lateralization   specialization of 2 hemispheres  
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Left Brian   info, sensory, analytical, controls right of body  
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Right Brian   emotions, creativity, puts things together, controls left side of body; negative emotions  
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Brain plasticity   brain is still moldable- able to change if head injury and part is damaged you can rewire your brain to take over injured part  
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Heredity   biggest factor of height and weight  
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Nutrition   essential first 2 years because brain and body are growing so rapidly  
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Malnutrition   can effect emotional development 1/3 of worlds nutrition suffer from malnutrition before age 5, including 9 percent who suffer from two severe dietary diseases  
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Non-organic failure to thrive   nutrition and physically are ok but not grwothing- no caregiver relationship If not corrected in infancy, they will remain small and have lasting cognitive and emotional problems  
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Most sensitive period in brain   0-3 months  
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Experience expectant growth   development that will not happen unless a particular experience occurs during its critical period; using 2 eyes  
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Experience dependent growth   additional growth is a result of specific enviroment or learning  
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Marasmus   1st year- low diet in essential nutrition; causes physical and learning problems  
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Kwashiorkor   big belly- low protein diet; causes growth and weight problems  
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Food insecurity   not getting nutrition all the time  
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Mirror neurons   allow newborns to imitate; powerful way to learn  
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Gross   1st- large motor skills- crawling, standing and walking  
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Fine   smaller muscles- reaching and grasping  
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Dynamic systems theory of motor development   mastery of motor skills  
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New skills are a joint product of four factors   1. Central nervous system development 2.The body’s movement capacities (gross-motor & fine-motor skills) 3.The child’s goals 4.Environmental supports for the skill  
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Hearing develops   Between 4 – 7 months  
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