The Growth in Health Care Costs Can Be Attributed to a Number

question 8

Multiple Choice

The growth in health care costs can be attributed to a number of factors. Which of the following is NOT one of those factors?

• A) an aging population
• B) costs associated with technological advances in medicine
• C) overuse of costly health care services
• D) the mandatory retirement age

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Definitions:

Experience-Dependent

Development of neural connections that is initiated in response to experience.

Experience-Expectant

Processes of brain development that seem to anticipate experiences that are universal in all normally developing members of our species.

Plasticity

The capacity of the brain to adapt or change in response to experiences or learning, including the formation of new neural connections.

Vision

The ability to perceive and interpret the surrounding environment through light in the visible spectrum striking the retina of the eye.