A Child's Cognitive Abilities

question 16

Multiple Choice

A child's cognitive abilities:

• A) gradually emerge, gain significance, and then decline.
• B) gradually emerge, lose significance, and then increase.
• C) are fully stablished by age seven
• D) turn off and on much like a television set.

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Definitions:

Wears and Tears

The physical and psychological damage or deterioration caused by continuous use or stress over time.

Refractory Theory

A concept in neuroscience that suggests after a neuron has fired, there is a period during which it cannot fire again.

Delta Waves

Brain waves detected by electroencephalography that are associated with deep sleep and brain activity during meditation.

Beta Waves

The brain wave pattern associated with mental activity.