FSCT - Infant Brain Development Competency Assessment

Competency Assessment

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  1. To whom do we owe thanks for producing this award-winning video on the science of infant brain development?
  2. Indiana Office of Children and Family Services
  3. New York State Office of Children and Family Services
  4. New Jersey Office of Children and Family Services
  5. Pennsylvania Office of Children and Family Services
  6. Babies are interested in the world that surrounds them
  7. Beginning at 3 months after birth
  8. Beginning at 12 months after birth
  9. Beginning at 6 months after birth
  10. From the beginning
  11. Which of the following is not an example of environment?
  12. Fetal exposure to alcohol and drugs
  13. Mother’s intake of folic acid and B12
  14. Mother’s response to the infant
  15. Mother’s diet
  16. Which one of the three factors influencing brain development cannot be controlled?
  17. Experience
  18. Genetics
  19. Environment
  20. All answers are correct
  21. The part of the brain that is most developed at birth is
  22. The cerebral cortex
  23. The stem
  24. The temporal lobe
  25. All answers are correct
  26. What is necessary to develop strong neural pathways?
  27. Differentiation
  28. Pruning
  29. Evolution
  30. Repetition
  31. The brain is the most immature of all organs at birth.
  32. True
  33. False
  1. The pattern of brain development in utero
  2. Is from the tail forward
  3. Begins as early as 2-4 weeks after fertilization
  4. Can be seen in the fetal responses to sound and temperature change
  5. All answers are correct
  6. In early brain development, during the period of ______, it is very easy to make neuronal connections.
  7. Retention
  8. Exuberance
  9. Differentiation
  10. Explosion
  11. If the window of opportunity is not accessed, the connections might not be developed and may later be pruned.
  12. True
  13. False
  14. ______is the dense, fatty material covering axons of neurons.
  15. Dendrite
  16. Axon
  17. Myelin
  18. Synapse
  19. The greatest brain development occurs
  20. From birth to 3 years
  21. During the first 6 months of life
  22. In the prenatal period
  23. During adolescence
  24. The best toy for infant brain development is
  25. A warm response from an adult
  26. A rattle
  27. A musical tape like Baby Einstein
  28. An expensive electronic toy like an iPad
  29. Areas of the brain that are primed to form new synaptic connections are those involved with problem solving, cognition, and
  30. Sensory and vision
  31. Emotional centers
  32. Vision
  33. Hearing
  34. Neural pathways become faster, more stable, and more complex with repeated use.
  35. True
  36. False

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