During early childhood, the number of neurons ___________:
a. increases, as children are stimulated in school.
b. increases, as children become more verbal.
c. decreases, due to synaptic pruning
d. decreases, due to overall brain mass decreasing.
C. Neurons that are not used prune, and therefore the number of neurons drops at this age, as it did in toddlerhood.
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A) behavioral psychologists B) Gestalt psychologists C) humanistic psychologists D) psychodynamic psychologists
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A) 7 or 8 B) 10 or 11 C) 13 or 15 D) 16 or 17
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A. Finland B. United States C. Canada D. Saudi Arabia
The ability of a behavior or cognitive process to operate without conscious guidance once it is put into motion is known as
A) attention. B) automaticity. C) motivation. D) mindlessness.