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Child Psych

Category - Development & Neuro

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Only one of the following statements about babies and young children’s brains is accurate. Which is the one correct statement of the four?
  1. No learning takes place in the womb; the brain of a newborn baby is a blank slate.
  2. The more synapses a child has, the better that child will be able to learn.
  3. Little children interact naturally with the world around them, so not trying to enrich that environment as much as possible is the best way to facilitate healthy development.
  4. In fostering a child’s learning and development, there is no such thing as too much brain stimulation.
Explanation
Answer: C - The best way to facilitate appropriate learning and healthy development in children is not with excessive stimulation, but by giving them the opportunity to interact naturally with their environment. Children start learning even in the womb, with synapses being formed about two months before birth. Then, over the first few years of life, their rapidly growing brains develop trillions of synapses. But in the normally developing child, the brain prunes away the inappropriate and unneeded synapses so that learning can become more efficient.
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