How have external memory devices most significantly impacted human psychology over time?

a) by resulting in the creation of races and ethnicities
b) by revealing the entirety of the human genome
c) by causing actual changes to the hardware of the human brain
d) by resulting in the creation of cultures and subcultures


ANS: C, Certain areas of the brain are strengthened by interactions with external memory devices.

Psychology

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What will be an ideal response?

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