EPSY 3303 Module 2 Assignment 2A

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Your Name: Joshua Buchanan The Baby’s Brain (DVD/Film)

Multiple Choice. Select the best answer.

• At four weeks into human gestation, the brain’s first cells, the neurons, are already forming at a
rate of 250,000-500,000 every minute.

• 10,000 to 50,000 c. 250,000 to 500,000

• 400,000 d. 60,000 to 120,000

• There are estimated to be a trillion connections formed in the human brain as it develops.

• million c. 18 billion

• trillion d. 9 million

• The first baby we encounter in this film is Elizabeth, a premature baby. At 3 months premature,
her brain is not fully developed.

• is fully developed. c. is not fully developed.

• is damaged for life. d. is capable of everything a normal baby’s is.

• TRUE. The neurons you are both with are the same ones you will have all your life.

• True b. False

• Gilal cells (white fibers/matter) support and help neurons carry information to specific parts of
the brain to develop each unique part of our brain and body functions.

• Glial cells c. Mitochondria cells

• Myeline cells d. Axions

• Experience with the world around us during invitro and continuing after birth and throughout a
 life time is what establishes the billions of __________ networks a human requires to function.

• cells c. fibers

• neural d. antigens

• It is estimated that _____ of the premature babies are at risk for problems like paying attention,
learning, planning, and prioritizing as they grow and go to school.

• half c. one-quarter

• all d. one-tenth

• Experiments with animals in lab settings found that _________________________ influences

brain development.

• nature was more important than nurture

• nurture was more important than nature

• nature and nurture both

• DNA only

• Studies of premature babies have found that ____________________________________.

• Hospitals that mimic the mother’s womb can reduce the risk of later problems.

• Hospital interventions cannot help premature babies avoid later problems.

• Only nature based on the baby’s DNA can determine how the brain in premature infants
will develop and function later.

• None of the above is correct.

• _____________ is the last of the senses to develop in the newborn human baby.

• Hearing c. Taste

• Smell d. Vision

• As we saw with Holly, who had cataracts, ______________________________ and with good
treatment they can have good sight.
 • vision ability is the key to speeding up brain development in babies,

• vision can be established later in life at anytime

• surgery is not an option for babies

• wearing glasses will help some

• TRUE or FALSE. As babies our brains are more open to shaping due to experiences than any
other time in our lives.

• True b. False

• TRUE. Large sections of brain wiring are permanent (like sight and hearing), but many parts are
on-going in development throughout life our brains are “plastic”.

• True b. False

• Our genes (nature) are influenced by our experiences (nurture) due to _____________.

• the invitro nature of the womb.

• the wonderful plasticity of the brain.

• The glial cells.

• None of the above.

• Babies and children explore their world using their ___________ and learn well in a safe,
supportive environment.

• Sight c. five senses

• Touch d. smell