FCS 1500 EXAM 2 (ACTUAL EXAM) WITH
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
reaction time - ANSWERS-to something happening (you feel your hand on a hot
plate, time to take it away)
automatization - ANSWERS-repetition of a sequence of thoughts or actions until
it becomes automatic or routine
(walking, feeding yourself)
selective attentnion - ANSWERS-ability to perceive on one stimulus while
ignoring the stimulus of another stimulus - young children have a hard time
focusing on one thing
special needs children in middle childhood - ANSWERS-asthma, exposure to
bacteria helps prevent asthma, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia
, decentration - ANSWERS-the ability to pay attention to multiple attributes of an
object or situation rather than being locked into attending to only a single
attribute
gross motor skills - ANSWERS-improve dramatically from 2-6 years old
boys tend to be more skilled than girls
by 5 most kids are skilled and graceful with gross motor skills (jumping and
climbing)
fine motor skills - ANSWERS-more difficult to master
girls tend to be more skilled than boys
(writing, tying shoes, buttoning)
myelination - ANSWERS-fatty substance coating axon (part of nerve cells - the
long part) that increases speed of transition of impulses. Hemispheres between
brain become quicker and better coordination in the brain and the body
development of pre-frontal cortex - ANSWERS-the last part of the brain to
myeline and mature. Connections between the frontal cortex and the rest of the
brain are virtually absent at age 1, limited at age 2 and gradually develop until
age 25
lateralization - ANSWERS-process by which specialization occurs within the
brain, meaning that specific portions of the brain eventually come to take on
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
reaction time - ANSWERS-to something happening (you feel your hand on a hot
plate, time to take it away)
automatization - ANSWERS-repetition of a sequence of thoughts or actions until
it becomes automatic or routine
(walking, feeding yourself)
selective attentnion - ANSWERS-ability to perceive on one stimulus while
ignoring the stimulus of another stimulus - young children have a hard time
focusing on one thing
special needs children in middle childhood - ANSWERS-asthma, exposure to
bacteria helps prevent asthma, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia
, decentration - ANSWERS-the ability to pay attention to multiple attributes of an
object or situation rather than being locked into attending to only a single
attribute
gross motor skills - ANSWERS-improve dramatically from 2-6 years old
boys tend to be more skilled than girls
by 5 most kids are skilled and graceful with gross motor skills (jumping and
climbing)
fine motor skills - ANSWERS-more difficult to master
girls tend to be more skilled than boys
(writing, tying shoes, buttoning)
myelination - ANSWERS-fatty substance coating axon (part of nerve cells - the
long part) that increases speed of transition of impulses. Hemispheres between
brain become quicker and better coordination in the brain and the body
development of pre-frontal cortex - ANSWERS-the last part of the brain to
myeline and mature. Connections between the frontal cortex and the rest of the
brain are virtually absent at age 1, limited at age 2 and gradually develop until
age 25
lateralization - ANSWERS-process by which specialization occurs within the
brain, meaning that specific portions of the brain eventually come to take on
