Psychology End of year assesment 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyThe brainGCSEAQA Created by: Starsky19Created on: 23-05-21 11:50 Brain Stem The brain stem is the part of the brain that connects to the spinal cord and controls your automatic functions ie breathing 1 of 18 Cerebellum located near the top of the spinal cord (next to the brain stem. This controls your co ordination of movement ie balance 2 of 18 Thalamus Located in the middle of the brain and controls your sensory signals ie how you see 3 of 18 Cortex Is located at the top of the brain at the back. It controls our thinking and processing ie thinking 4 of 18 Nature Things that you have inherited from your parents which is present when the cell is first formed 5 of 18 Nurture is your influence ie how you were brought up 6 of 18 Cognitive Development the way a persons knowledge, thinking and intelligence changes when they get older 7 of 18 Stages As a child gets older their brain develops and different kinds of thinking are possible 8 of 18 Schemas As a child develops they construct more and more complex and detailed mental representations of the world 9 of 18 Conservation understanding that something stays the same in quantity even though its appearance changes. 10 of 18 Egocentrism to see the world from only your point of view 11 of 18 Sensory Motor (age 0-2) a baby focuses on physical sensations and on developing some basic physical co ordination 12 of 18 Pre Operational (age 2-7) logical thinking. Children do not think in a internally logical way 13 of 18 Concrete operational ( age 7-11) perform and conserve much better on task of egocentrism. Children still struggle to to reason about abstract ideas 14 of 18 Formal Operational (age 11+) The become capable of scientific reasoning 15 of 18 Retinal disparity When your eyes get a slight different view of the world. they are 6cm apart 16 of 18 Convergence When our eyes follow an object getting closer they eventual converge meaning cross eyed 17 of 18 Interference When our brain will fill in the gaps 18 of 18
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