Martin and Lewis plan to adopt 3-year-old Alexandru, who has been living in an orphanage since birth. Martin and Lewis should know that early, prolonged institutionalization ________
A) fosters resilience in later childhood and adolescence
B) increases the brain’s capacity to manage stress
C) leads to a decrease in size and activity in the cerebral cortex
D) has little impact on intellectual development
Answer: C
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a. some people use constructive coping techniques to reduce stress. b. people's appraisal of stressful events are highly objective. c. people's appraisals of stressful events are highly subjective. d. males experience many events as less stressful than females.
One of the reasons that we are not very successful at detecting deception is because we
a. focus too much attention on nonverbal cues and not enough on verbal cues. b. fail to attend to the nonverbal cues that actually signal deception. c. are motivated to believe that others are telling the truth. d. need to be able to detect deception in order to gain evolutionary advantage.
During adolescence, which of the following reach(es) adult levels??
a. ?working memory and reaction time b. ?problem solving abilities c. ?ability to use executive processes d. ?analytical thinking
There is no unified theory of personality. Discuss basic differences that appear repeatedly among various comparisons of personality theory. One of these differences is heredity versus environment. Briefly discuss this difference and four others
What will be an ideal response?