Synaptic pruning occurs
a. during the prenatal period only.
b. during the prenatal period and childhood only.
c. during adolescence.
d. during infancy through adulthood.
Question 2The reason why males are more vulnerable to poor environments than females are may be because
a. males make greater use of language-related brain areas.
b. males have a longer developmental period for brain development.
c. the volume of males' white matter peaks later.
d. males' brains are also more lateralized
Question 3The adult brains of females have proportionally more____ than the brains of males.
a. white matter c. myelinated axons
b. neurons d. gray matter
Question 4Children with very high IQs tend to experience an initial acceleration of growth in gray matter followed by ______ by early adolescence.
a. a rapid loss of neurons c. a rapid loss of synapses
b. a rapid gain of neurons d. a rapid gain of synapses
Question 5The best analogy for the production and loss of neurons and synapses is
a. painting. c. sculpting.
b. filmmaking. d. weaving.
Question 6All of the following are true about differentiation except
a. neurons increase in size.
b. synaptogenesis occurs.
c. the numbers of dendrites and axon terminals increases.
d. neurons move to their permanent positions.
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