Infants possess greater brain plasticity than older children. What problems come along with this greater amount of plasticity?
What will be an ideal response?
More plasticity also leads to more vulnerability in terms of teratogens, trauma, and deficits in development. Inadequate diet and nutrition are extremely important during this time, and nutritional deficits can actually lead to more synaptic pruning than synaptogenesis.
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a. the utility of electric shock as a stimulus. b. that animals can learn to respond to a previously neutral stimulus. c. that hunger is a more powerful drive than thirst. d. that digestion begins in the mouth when the food is mixed with saliva. e. the power of experimental ablation in research.
Medicines that are often helpful for treating eating disorders, panic disorder, OCD, and
phobias are ________ drugs. A) antipsychotic B) antidepressant C) neuroleptic D) lithium
In which level of moral development is moral thinking guided by be consequences of actions, such as punishment, reward, or an exchange of favors?
A. Preconventional B. Postconventional C. Conventional D. Relational Exchange
Youths more than older people are more likely to work
a. in risky positions. b. in white-collar positions. c. in blue-collar positions. d. in human services positions.