4.03 Characteristics of brain and cognitive development of the infant brain stem Controls involuntary activities such as breathing cerebrum Directs motor activities cerebellum Controls muscular coordination, balance, and posture pituitary gland Releases hormones that control metabolism and sexual development spinal cord Controls simple reflexes that do not involve the brain Controls the way emotions are expressed thalamus Receives information from other neurons and passes it on to the body dendrite of the nerve cell; reaches toward dendrites of other neurons for transmission Processes the information received cell body Carries information from cell body to dendrites at its tip; releases axon neurotransmitters Coating on axons that makes transmission easier myelin Gap between dendrites of different neurons across which synapse neurotransmitters travel to relay information from one neuron to another To encourage something such as an activity or a process so that brain stimulation activity will begin, increase, or develop A theory made up of sensorimotor period, preoperational period, of Cognitive Piaget’s Theory concrete operations, and formal operations expressed by Jean Piaget Development A period in where children learn through the senses sensorimotor period Piaget’s Theory The knowledge that objects have an existence in time and space, object permanence independent of whether or not they can be seen or touched Characteristics of language development of the infant The human use of spoken or written words as a communication language development system nonverbal Using gestures and moving instead of words to communicate Method of assessing somebody's mental state or personality by word association asking the person to respond with the first word that comes to mind when a given word is heard Same sound used more than once to refer to person, place, or first word event 4.04
4.03 Characteristics of brain and cognitive development of the infant brain stem Controls involuntary activities such as breathing cerebrum Directs motor activities cerebellum Controls muscular coordination, balance, and posture pituitary gland Releases hormones that control metabolism and sexual development spinal cord Controls simple reflexes that do not involve the brain thalamus Controls the way emotions are expressed dendrite Receives information from other neurons and passes it on to the body of the nerve cell; reaches toward dendrites of other neurons for transmission cell body Processes the information received axon Carries information from cell body to dendrites at its tip; releases neurotransmitters myelin Coating on axons that makes transmission easier synapse Gap between dendrites of different neurons across which neurotransmitters travel to relay information from one neuron to another stimulation To encourage something such as an activity or a process so that brain activity will begin, increase, or develop Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development A theory made up of sensorimotor period, preoperational period, concrete operations, and formal operations expressed by Jean Piaget sensorimotor period A period in Piaget’s Theory where children learn through the senses object permanence The knowledge that objects have an existence in time and space, independent of whether or not they can be seen or touched Characteristics of language development of the infant language development The human use of spoken or written words as a communication system nonverbal Using gestures and moving instead of words to communicate word association Method of assessing somebody's mental state or personality by asking the person to respond with the first word that comes to mind when a given word is heard first word Same sound used more than once to refer to person, place, or event 4.04
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