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Name: PSY 1010 – Week 7: Child Development
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PSY 1010 – Week 7: Child Development Definitions Key Concepts Cognitive Development I Children's Brains Video Cognitive Development  How does the brain change during infancy and childhood?  Synaptogenesis: the production of new synapses or connections  Happens fastest during infancy  Young children have several times the number of synaptic connections that adults do  Synaptic pruning : unused or unnecessary connections are pruned away, or lost  Follows synaptogenesis  Period of synaptogenesis and synaptic pruning are also seen during puberty