The Infant's Ability to Regulate Emotions Is Tied to

question 157

Multiple Choice

The infant's ability to regulate emotions is tied to

• A) the gradual maturation of the frontal regions of the cerebral cortex.
• B) parental history of emotional control.
• C) the pace of myelination in the parietal lobe.
• D) the growth of the cerebellum in the initial four months after birth.

---

Definitions:

Self-Referent Encoding

A cognitive process where individuals relate information to themselves, enhancing memory and recall.

Prospective Memory

The aspect of memory that involves remembering to perform a planned action or intention at the appropriate future time.

Spreading Activation

A process in cognitive psychology that explains how information is retrieved in the brain, where activation of one concept triggers the activation of related concepts.

Semantic Network

A conceptual model used in artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, and psycholinguistics that represents semantic relations between concepts in networks.