Good evening and welcome to Trivia Tuesday! This week’s question looks into controlling behavior…
Effortful control is the ability to control one’s actions. When does this typically develop in childhood?
- 4 – 5 months
- 6 1/2 – 7 years old
- 2 1/2 – 3 years old
- it is innate
The answer to last week’s trivia question is… true! When a synapse is not used as often, it is weakened and not as reinforced. Synapses that are used quite often are reinforced because there are associations and connections that are being made between the two neurons. Babies are often born with more neurons than they actually need, so this process is important for picking out connections that are important and those that are not.
Tune in next Tuesday to find out the answer to this week’s question!