Research on intelligence and brain functioning indicates that highly intelligent children demonstrate ________ than their less intelligent counterparts.

A. smaller synaptic gaps
B. longer axons
C. greater neural plasticity
D. higher dopamine levels

Ans: C. greater neural plasticity

Psychology

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a. the types of words people typically make up when they see a person of a specific race. b. how long it takes people to respond to positive or negative words along with Black or White faces. c. changes in heart rate that accompany photos of people from different racial backgrounds. d. increased activity in the emotional centers of the brain that are associated with specific races.

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What kind of parenting intervention focuses on two different sets of skills—building warm relationships with a child and developing reasonable expectations and using appropriate discipline with the child?

a. Correct Parenting Counseling b. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy c. Adaptive Parenting Psychoeducational Meetings d. Meta-analytic Parenting Schemata Sessions

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