The Growing Brain Trivia

Which statement regarding brain development is true?

• Adult brains are better able to recover from injury than children’s brains.

• Young children’s brains do not experience synapse rearrangement.

• The final stage of plasticity occurs during the adolescent years.

• Children’s brains are much more plastic than adults’ brains.

This idea is why peek-a-boo works with babies

• Object Permanence

• Representational thought

• They don't have xray vision

• Imprinting

At about which of the following times in one's life, is the brain finished maturing?

• Childhood

• Adolescence

• Mid-20s

• It is always maturing

According to Piaget, during the formal operational stage people begin to:

• Adhere to social norms

• Reason abstractly

• Distinguish between good and bad behaviours

• Become aware of the positive and negative consequences of their own behaviours

Which of the following is not true about the development of different brain regions during childhood and adolescence

• Gray matter development in basic sensory regions peaks at age 25

• Gray matter in the frontal and parietal (front and sides) lobes starts reducing after age 12

• Gray matter development in the occipital (back) lobe peaks at age 20

• Gray matter development in the frontal and parietal (front and sides) lobe peaks at age 12

Which statement is true about the development of affective (emotional) responses from childhood to adolescence?

• There is a general decrease in amygdala reactivity

• As a person grows, the dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex gets more involved in the processing of emotional events

• A and B

• As a person grows, there is more reaction to both negative and neutral stimuli

Which brain regions and behaviours develop during the emerging adulthood phase (late teens to mid-20s)?

• Frontal and Parietal lobes

  
  

  & sensory-based decision-making

• Limbic System (Nucleus Accumbens, Insula, Amygdala and Striatum)

  
  

  & Emotional regulation, motivation and memory consolidation

• Cerebellum

  
  

  & fine-motor control, motor learning and independent control of different limbs

• Prefrontal Cortex and the Limbic System (such as the amygdala)

  
  

  & future-oriented behaviour and decreased risky decision-making