Synaptic pruning occurs at a much slower rate during adolescence as compared with childhood and adulthood.

At about 10 years of age children begin feeling a sense of sexual attraction due to increases in ______.

Natural childbirth is an approach to birth that reduces pain through the use of ______.

Research that showed young children had structural brain changes over a period of 15 months after exposure to activities to build music and auditory skills illustrates which concept?

Glial cells are important for brain development because they ______.

Which condition is a serious health problem facing many children today?

Cognitively, peer evaluations are important sources of ______.

Effective scaffolding works within which concept?

IQ tests have been shown to have low validity in predicting school achievement, how long a child will stay in school, and career attainment in adulthood.

The zone of proximal development is gap between what the child can accomplish independently and what the child can accomplish ______.