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Set 14 Growing Up

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Question 1

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Much research is focused on the extent to which the brain is "plastic" in childhood, meaning:

A) Superficial
B) Flexible
C) Reflexive
D) Developmentally determined

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Question 2

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Human face perception seems to be

A) An inborn predisposition to attend to faces, not based on experience
B) Based on perceptual learning, not built-in at birth
C) Both a natural predisposition to attend to faces and processes that are based on experience
D) A natural disposition to attend to faces that is superseded by learned behavior in the first year of life.

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Question 3

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Studies that investigate the effects of "perinatal" brain damage show that

A) Children rarely recover from it
B) Children generally make a full and complete recovery from perinatal brain damage
C) Although children with perinatal brain damage develop most cognitive functions, some complex aspects of cognition, such as language, do not reach typical levels
D) Children with perinatal brain damage reach typical cognitive levels by age 3

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