The Number of Neurons

question 9

Multiple Choice

The number of neurons:

• A) is in the billions.
• B) changes after birth.
• C) is effected by physical development.
• D) all of the above.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals, groups, or even nations to cope with reality and to maintain self-image.

Distorts Reality

A cognitive bias or psychological state where an individual's perception of reality is significantly altered from the actual state of the world.

Complex

In psychology, a related group of emotionally significant ideas that are completely or partly repressed and cause psychic conflict leading to abnormal mental states or behavior.

Oedipus Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.