The Process of Synaptogenesis Followed by Pruning in Response to Experience

question 13

Multiple Choice

The process of synaptogenesis followed by pruning in response to experience in infancy means all of the following EXCEPT that

• A) the first two years are critical times for children to have both stimulation and order in their environments.
• B) nutrition is vitally important during infancy.
• C) the infant brain is more "plastic," or can be reorganized more effectively, in infancy than in any other time in life.
• D) myelinization is not occurring.

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