The Infant Brain

question 134

Multiple Choice

The infant brain

• A) grows slower than the rest of the body.
• B) triples in weight by the child's first birthday.
• C) is fully developed at birth.
• D) will not reach 70% of its adult weight until adolescence.

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Definitions:

Weekend Passes

Typically refers to permissions or tickets that allow entry or access to events, venues, or institutions over a weekend period.

Systematic Desensitization

A behavioral therapy method used to gradually reduce anxiety through the association of a relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli.

Classical Conditioning

A type of learning through which an organism learns to associate one stimulus with another.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.