What Would You See If You Could "Climb" Inside a Child's

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Multiple Choice

What would you see if you could "climb" inside a child's brain as she learns about different objects?

• A) Objects are processed and stored according to the child's exemplar of the object.
• B) There is no pattern as to where different objects are stored.
• C) All objects, regardless of type, are processed and stored in the same part of the brain, which is the hippocampus.
• D) Different objects are processed and stored in different parts of the brain.

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Definitions:

Physical Basis

The underlying material or biological foundation for a phenomenon or condition.

Long-Term Potentiation

An enduring increase in signal transmission between neurons that results from stimulating them simultaneously, believed to be a mechanism behind learning and memory.

Learning

The process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences through study, experience, or teaching.

Retrieval Cue

Stimuli or signals that help in the recall of information stored in long-term memory.