Describe the impact lack of stimulation has on an infant's brain development.
What will be an ideal response?
Brain development is a multifaceted process that is not a result of maturational or environmental input alone. Infants who are under stimulation, including those who experience child maltreatment or who are reared in deprivation, such as in poor understaffed orphanages in foreign countries, show cognitive and perceptual deficits. Experience influences the physical structure of our brains throughout life. Though infancy is a particularly important time for the formation and strengthening of synapses, experience shapes brain structure at all ages of life even into adulthood.
You might also like to view...
John is terrified of spiders. His therapist has decided to place him in a room and have him confront the feared stimulus—in his case, spiders. His therapist is using a form of
a. behavioral management. b. exposure treatment. c. cognitive restructuring. d. positive reinforcement.
Marcy has a habit of taking toys from her sister. Which of the following would be the best way for Marcy's parents to correct this bad habit?
a. Ignore this habit since all children go through a phase of intense "sibling rivalry.". b. Reprimand her for taking her sister's toys, but reward her for cooperative play and sharing toys with her sister. c. Give her a spanking to immediately eliminate this selfish behavior and then a 30-minute time out to think about her transgression. d. Use a severe response cost that would include giving several of her own toys to her younger sister or to charity.
Which of the following is NOT true of divorce as described in the book?
a. Divorce rarely solves the problem that it was intended to solve. b. Divorce often creates a whole new set of problems. c. Many people feel the pain of divorce years later. d. Divorce is often good for children.
..... is found almost exclusively in females, and is characterized by constant hand-wringing, mental retardation and impaired motor skills
A. Asperger's disorder B. Rett's disorder C. Childhood disintegrative disorder D. Autistic disorder