What Is Exercise Play

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is exercise play?

• A) running and chasing play
• B) play that involves shoving, wrestling, and hitting, but in which no actual harm is intended
• C) pretend play in which a child makes up a scene, often with a toy or another prop
• D) fantasy play in which children work together to develop and act out scenes

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Definitions:

Metaplasticity

Interaction among different plastic changes in the brain.

Developmental Plasticity

The ability of an organism to change its phenotype in response to changes in the environment.

Integrative Plasticity

The ability of the brain to integrate and modify synaptic connections and networks in response to new information, sensory experiences, development, damage, or dysfunction.

Brain

The organ located in the head of an animal that coordinates its behavior and processes information received from the senses, enabling thoughts, memory, emotions, and movements.