How Would a Researcher Attempt to Examine Experience-Expectant Brain Development

question 24

Multiple Choice

How would a researcher attempt to examine experience-expectant brain development?

• A) A researcher would conduct tests of motor skill ability on infants.
• B) A researcher would observe toddlers playing in a playground with a lot of equipment and toddlers in a playground with minimal equipment.
• C) A researcher would do sensory deprivation research with animals to see what impact that had on abilities.
• D) A researcher would put some animals in stimulating environments and some animals in deprived environments and measure brain size.

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Lysosome

An organelle containing enzymes for digesting cellular waste, pathogens, and damaged organelles within cells to maintain cellular health.

Synthesizing ATP

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Mitochondrion

A membrane-bound organelle found in most eukaryotic cells, responsible for producing energy through cellular respiration.

Sister Chromatids

Identical copies of a single chromosome that are connected by a centromere, formed during the cell cycle's DNA replication phase.