Is It Possible for Skills a Child Has Learned to Remain

question 90

Multiple Choice

Is it possible for skills a child has learned to remain "latent" or unused?

• A) No, if they don't use it, they lose it.
• B) Yes, they may only use it when it is needed.
• C) No, learning is an active, not a passive process.
• D) Yes, but only for motor skills such as jumping rope or playing basketball.

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Definitions:

Defensive Cells

Cells within the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.

Reproductive Cells

Cells specialized for sexual reproduction, capable of undergoing meiosis to produce gametes or fertilized to form a new organism.

Excretory Organs

Organs involved in the process of removing waste products and excess substances from an organism's body, such as kidneys in humans.

Choanoflagellate

A group of free-living unicellular and colonial flagellate eukaryotes considered to be the closest living relatives of the animals.