The Development of Social, Cognitive, and Emotional Capacities

question 3

Multiple Choice

The development of social, cognitive, and emotional capacities

• A) are clearly different areas of development and the development of one does not affect the other.
• B) are primarily dependent on cognitive functioning levels.
• C) are mutually dependent.
• D) occurs at the same rates for all children.

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Definitions:

Human Embryo

An early developmental stage of human growth and differentiation, starting from fertilization to the eighth week, where major organs and structures begin to form.

Blastocyst

Stage of mammalian embryos that consists of the inner cell mass and a thin trophoblast layer enclosing the blastocele.

Depolarization

The process in which the resting membrane potential becomes less negative, moving towards zero, typically as a precursor to an action potential in neurons.

Plasma Membrane

The lipid bilayer that encloses the cytoplasm of a cell, regulating the entry and exit of substances in and out of the cell.