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Before Taking This Course, What Were Your Beliefs About Whether

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Before taking this course, what were your beliefs about whether development is generally gradual and continuous, or disjointed and discontinuous? What have you learned in this course that has either supported your beliefs or failed to support them? Be specific and provide detailed examples.


Definitions:

Peripheral Nervous

The portion of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord, which includes nerves branching off from the brainstem and spinal cord to the rest of the body.

Sensory Nerves

Nerves responsible for conveying sensory information from the body's periphery to the central nervous system, including touch, pain, temperature, and position sense.

Cerebrum

The largest part of the brain, responsible for voluntary activities, intelligence, learning, and memory.

Corpus Callosum

In mammals, a large bundle of nerve fibers interconnecting the two cerebral hemispheres.

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