Week 13

Question 1

Serve and return

Answer 1

Serve the child reaches out for interaction
Return the caregiver responds

Question 2

Three kinds of stress

Answer 2

Positive, tolerable, toxic

Question 3

Positive stress

Answer 3

A mild stress response
Prepares the brain and body to cope with stressful situations later in life
Ex meeting new people, first day of school, trying something new

Question 4

Tolerable stress

Answer 4

A more severe stress response
Not good for development but
Won’t do lasting damage if cari g adults are present to buffer stress response
Ex death in family

Question 5

Toxic stress

Answer 5

Intense related and prolonged response
No caring adults around to buffer stress response
Disrupts brains architecture and increases lifelong health risks
Ex. Surviving natural disaster

Question 6

Adverse childhood experiences (ACES)

Answer 6

Adversity that children faced within their home environments
Abuse, neglect, household dysfunction

Question 7

Air traffic control (executive function)

Answer 7

Ability to prioritize a d avoid pile-ups
Poor executive function=mental collisions, stress and frustration
Executive function can be learned even in teens

Question 8

3 dimensions to executive function

Answer 8

Working memory
Inhibitory control
Cognitive flexibility

Question 9

Resilience

Answer 9

Ability to respond positively in the face of adversity

Question 10

Resilience scale

Answer 10

Early experiences change lifelong health
Positive supports increase the likelihood of lifelong health and wellness

Question 11

Building resilience

Answer 11

Not everyone starts with the same resilience
The fulcrum represents the genetic starting position for resilience
Serve-and-return and supportive relationships can shift the position of the fulcrum over time