The Brain's Ability to Change and Adapt in Response to Experience

question 340

Multiple Choice

The brain's ability to change and adapt in response to experience, through neurogenesis, or by reorganizing or growing new neural connections, is called:

• A) constructivism.
• B) proliferation.
• C) optimization.
• D) plasticity.

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Definitions:

Consumer Surplus

The divergence between the sum consumers are prepared and financially capable to pay for a good or service and the sum they actually disburse.

Marginal Utility

The extra pleasure or benefit received from using an additional unit of a product or service.

Consumer Surplus

The financial gap between the potential spending by consumers on a product or service versus their actual spending.

Marginal Utility

The added enjoyment or advantage gained by using one more unit of a good or service.