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:

Functionalism

A sociological theoretical viewpoint that sees society as a complicated system with components that collaborate to foster cohesion and stability.

Social Order

The organized and patterned social arrangements which are maintained through social, legal, and political institutions to provide a sense of stability and predictability to societal members.

Conflict Theory

A theoretical framework that views social and economic differences as the cause of division and conflict in society, emphasizing power dynamics and material inequality.

Sexual Violence

Any sexual act or attempt to obtain a sexual act by violence or coercion, acts directed against a person's sexuality, regardless of the relationship to the victim.