Why is it so difficult to draw a legal boundary between when someone should be treated like a child and when someone is ready to be treated like an adult?
A. Development can be rapid and varies widely between individuals.
B. It is difficult to predict when individuals will go through puberty.
C. Most adolescents look older than they feel.
D. These laws have been in place for hundreds of years and they are difficult to change.
Answer: A
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a. have an impact in only one aspect of a person's life b. do not persist over an extended period of time c. only occur for specific reasons d. involve extreme reactions
According to the research on word boundaries in speech,
a. phonemic restoration helps us detect word boundaries. b. listeners are typically accurate in detecting word boundaries, even when there is no actual gap. c. most people are clearly aware that speakers tend to run their words together d. the boundary between spoken words is even more clear-cut than the boundary between printed words.
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A. forebrain B. midbrain C. spinal cord D. ventricular system