What is the definition of myelination?
A. The growth of a fatty sheath around axons of neurons that allows them to fire more quickly and efficiently
B. The disappearance of unused synapses that are unnecessary for the typical environment of the individual
C. The junction between two neurons
D. The spontaneous forming of synapses that occurs particularly in young children
A. The growth of a fatty sheath around axons of neurons that allows them to fire more quickly and efficiently
Myelination is the development of the myelin sheath. As neurons? develop, their axons have no sheath. This myelin sheath grows over time and makes the brain much more efficient at transmitting messages.
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Artist-in-residence programs:
A. Are more than performance/demonstration and include sustained work with children to learn about artists and techniques. B. Help establish galleries and displays of the artist’s work. C. Provide funding to support artists working in schools and classrooms with children. D. Both A and C. E. All of the above.
Children who are raised by authoritarian parents often are described as
A. self-reliant, explorative, and content. B. discontent, withdrawn, and distrustful. C. the least self-reliant, explorative and self-controlled children. D. angry, defiant, and engaged in problem behavior.
Discuss at what point a visual impairment results in a disability.
What will be an ideal response?
Which one of the following is the best example of a cognitive tool?
a. Use of natural lighting in a studio art class b. A jigsaw in a woodworking class c. Use of country-western music in an aerobics class d. The concept pi (p) in a geometry class