Fourteen-month-old Alyssa is experiencing an explosion of connections in her brain. All of this growth is continuing and occuring very fast. Alyssa's mother inquires about this brain growth to the pediatrician in an effort to make sure that she can offer opportunities to aid her daughter. The pediatrician explains that Alyssa is making more connections than she will need. Her experiences will help her to get rid of the unused connections to make the used pathways stronger. The doctor has illustrated:________

a. affordances
b. synaptic
c. pruning
d. myelination
e. lateralization