Rats That Are Raised in a Complex Environment Have More

question 519

Multiple Choice

Rats that are raised in a complex environment have more synapses and longer dendrites in their brains than rats raised in a simpler environment. These differences in the rats' brains due to environmental experiences illustrate the brain's

• A)saltatory conduction.
• B)resiliency.
• C)neuroplasticity.
• D)neurogenesis.

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Definitions:

Price Elasticity of Demand

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in its price.

Complementary Good

A product that is used together with another product, increasing demand for both when the price of one decreases.

Inferior Good

A type of good whose demand decreases when consumers' incomes increase, opposite to normal goods.

Price Elasticity of Demand

A metric that demonstrates the degree to which the demand for a product changes when there is a fluctuation in its price.