The 2-Year-Old Brain Has Attained About 75 Percent of Its

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True/False

The 2-year-old brain has attained about 75 percent of its adult weight.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction or behavior to a conditioned stimulus that occurs after conditioning in classical conditioning experiments.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, reflexive reaction that occurs in response to an unconditioned stimulus without prior learning or conditioning.

Empiricist

An empiricist is someone who emphasizes the role of experience and evidence from the senses in the acquisition of knowledge.

Synaptic Connections

The points at which neurons communicate with each other through chemical signals across the synaptic gap.