Infants who are small for their gestational age are particularly at risk.
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Question 2In older children and adolescents if one area of the brain is damaged another part may be able to take over the function.
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Question 3Prime times for optimal development are times when the brain is particularly efficient at specific types of learning, that is, when the brains neurons create synapses more efficiently and more easily than at other times.
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Question 4The brain works on a threshold level - when a part has been activated so many times it becomes exempt from elimination and is retained into adulthood.
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Question 5Medical risk factors are the best predictors of developmental risk during the first year, while environmental risk factors are more useful predictors at older ages.
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Question 6Premature and low-birth-weight infants have a far greater risk of being abused by parents or caregivers during childhood regardless of social class.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.