Shirley Is a Teacher in the Two-Year-Old Classroom

question 4

Multiple Choice

Shirley is a teacher in the two-year-old classroom. Shirley smiles and specifically praises one child who helped another student who had fallen on the playground. Most likely Shirley is doing this to promote

• A) emotional regulation.
• B) social comparison.
• C) prosocial behavior.
• D) moral understanding.
• E) moral evaluation.

Understand the concept of cortical localization and its implications for brain function.

Recognize the historical and modern approaches to studying brain function and structure.

Understand the process of neural development and neural plasticity in response to learning and experience.

Know the objectives and achievements of significant neuroscientific projects like the Human Connectome Project.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become conditioned through association.

Unconditioned Response

A natural, automatic reaction to a stimulus that does not require learning to occur, such as flinching at a loud sound.

Waking Up

The transition from sleep to wakefulness, involving physiological and psychological adjustments by the body and mind.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.