Deck 8: Essay

Question 1

List the changes to the brain that occur as a result of complex environment exposure.

Answer 1

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Question 2

At what age do planning abilities become fully developed?

Answer 2

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Question 3

Describe the development of the frontal lobes.What factors have been shown to slow frontal lobe development?

Answer 3

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Question 4

Differentiate between a zygote,an embryo,and a fetus.

Question 5

What is synaptic pruning? Describe the process of synaptic pruning over time.

Question 6

Why are neural stem cells so important?

Question 7

From what does the nervous system develop? What is the subventricular zone?

Question 8

What is imprinting? What brain structures are related to imprinting?

Question 9

List the seven stages of brain development.

Question 10

Describe the process of myelination and its relationship to neural development.

Question 11

What is SIDS? What role does serotonin play in SIDS?

Question 12

What function do radial glial cells play in development?

Question 13

Define the term critical period and its relation to development.

Question 14

Describe Piaget's four stages of development.

Question 15

What brain regions demonstrate increased activation for second languages?

Question 16

Differentiate between cell adhesion molecules and tropic molecules.

Question 17

What is the chemoaffinity hypothesis?

Question 18

Explain how language develops over the first 6 years of life.Which brain regions demonstrate the greatest changes?

Question 19

What are neurotrophic factors (give examples)? What role do they play in the development of the nervous system?

Question 20

Compare and contrast the symptoms of autism spectrum disorder and Asperger syndrome.

Question 21

What effects might caffeine and nicotine have on the developing brain?

Question 22

Define masculinization.What hormones are responsible for masculinization and on what brain areas do they have the greatest influence?

Question 23

How are the brains of individuals who have schizophrenia different from the brains of individuals who do not have schizophrenia?