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Quick Reading Assessment Child (Brain) Development Quiz

Quick Reading Assessment Child (Brain) Development Quiz

Question 1 of 5

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Why does the article say that rapid weight gain in children’s brains after birth is not attributable to new neurons?

Select one of the following:

  • Neurons grow, but mostly are later pruned off

  • New neurons do not grow after birth, it is myelination of neurons and synaptic growth

  • The brain doesn’t actually grow that much after birth

  • Scientists can track the weight gain along with water consumption

Explanation

Question 2 of 5

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Neural plasticity refers to:

Select one of the following:

  • The idea that brains need structure to hang neurons’ connections

  • The idea that brains need calm in order to create new pathways

  • The idea that you have to use it or lose it, with regard to connections and pathways

  • The idea that flexibility is dependent on neurons working with motor skills

Explanation

Question 3 of 5

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What did Rosenzweig’s experiments with rats in enriched and deprived environments suggest about brain development?

Select one of the following:

  • Environment really has nothing to do with brain growth or complexity

  • Enriched environments cause brains to atrophy from not having to work for anything

  • Deprived environments cause brains not to grow as well as enriched environments

  • Deprived environments cause brains to grow more rapidly to create solutions in challenging circumstances

Explanation

Question 4 of 5

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Which of these would NOT be an example of neural plasticity?

Select one of the following:

  • Taxi drivers developing more complex mental maps of areas they frequent than normal people who just live in the same area

  • Deaf dogs disliking chewing on pigs’ ear chews from pet stores

  • Songbirds who store their food having greater special awareness of their local area

  • Conductors being better able to locate and separate adjacent sound sources than non-musicians

Explanation

Question 5 of 5

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According to the article, children are born with the ability to hear all phonemes produced by any language. Why do they lose that more universal language ability over time?

Select one of the following:

  • Pathways that are used regularly are strengthened, while those that are not will atrophy

  • It is psychologically important for humans to identify with only one culture or language

  • Societies frown on children who cannot speak the native language without an accent

  • New neurons appear in the brain that divert the attention of the brain

Explanation

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