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Child Psych

Category - Development & Neuro

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Which of the following statements about the relationship between neurobiological mechanisms and child behavior is most accurate?
  1. Very little is known about the relationship between neurobiological mechanisms and childhood behavior.
  2. Neurobiological mechanisms can play a causative role in childhood behavior, but not vice versa.
  3. Childhood behavior can play a causative role in the creation of neurobiological mechanisms, but not vice versa.
  4. Neurological mechanisms not only influence childhood behavior, but the child’s behavior in turn influences how neurological mechanisms affect future behavior.
Explanation
Answer: D - Neurological mechanisms not only influence children’s behavior; the child’s behavior in turn influences how neurological mechanisms affect future behavior. Since the latter part of the 20th century, tremendous strides have been made in understanding the important role that neurobiology plays in childhood development.
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