chapter 6 -Brain

Question 1

Neurons

Answer 1

• has a cell body and axons covered with a myelin sheath
• long fiber of nerve cells that carries outgoing messages
• dendrites: receive messages through synaptic gap

Question 2

Brain Development

Answer 2

• ability to develop language with environmental stimulation
  - 10 to 12 months more selective to sounds
• goes through a stage of pruning unused synapses

Question 3

Cerebral Plasticity

Answer 3

-ability of brain to recognize neural pathways based on new experiences, which allows the brain to acquire new knowledge and skills

Question 4

Executive Functions

Answer 4

• ability to guide, monitor, and direct performance/behavior
• management system of the brain
• we talk ourselves through difficult tasks

Question 5

Executive Functions -skills required

Answer 5

• attention
• managing time
• problems solving
• controlling impulses
• organization
• establishing priorities
• flexibility
• mental planning
• executing tasks

Question 6

Metacognition

Answer 6

-knowledge of one’s own thought process

Question 7

Brain Structure -corpus callosum

Answer 7

“calls” between left and right hemispheres

Question 8

Brain Structure -frontal

Answer 8

• motor area

- speech area (Broca’s Area)

Question 9

Brain Structure -Temporal

Answer 9

• temples
• auditory processing (Wernicker’s Area)
• Executive Function identifies what you hear

Question 10

Brain Structure -parietal

Answer 10

• upper, back

- sensory cortex

Question 11

Brain Structure -occipital

Answer 11

• lower, back

- vision

Question 12

Brain Structure -cerebellum

Answer 12

• sara, balance
• movement
• balance
• fine motor coordination

Question 13

Brain Structure -brain stem

Answer 13

• breathing
• swallowing
• heart rate
• blood pressure