Which statement is most accurate about the brain of a person who is in early adolescence?

a. It has finally developed all 12 lobes of the cerebrum.
b. It is experiencing accelerated synaptic pruning
c. It has nearly reached its full size.
d. It is about half of its adult size.


Ans: c. It has nearly reached its full size.

Psychology

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a. Halfway houses are designed to ease a patient's return to the community. b. Halfway houses are helpful in keeping patients close to their families. c. Halfway houses can reduce a person's chances of being readmitted to a hospital. d. Halfway houses are examples of partial hospitalization.

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The caregiver for a frail elderly person is usually the ______, who is also usually elderly

Fill in the blank with correct word

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Eighteen-year-old Aaron wants to become a doctor, so the summer between his senior year of high school and his first year at college, he decides to volunteer at a local hospital to gain some experience in working in a hospital setting

According to Ginzberg, Aaron is in the ___________ of choosing his career. a. fantasy period c. realistic period b. tentative period d. adolescence

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A major advantage of structured observation is that it

A) is useful for studying behaviors that investigators rarely have an opportunity to see in everyday life. B) permits participants to display their thoughts in terms that are as close as possible to the way they think in everyday life. C) yields richly detailed narratives that offer valuable insight into the many factors that affect development. D) allows researchers to see the behavior of interest as it occurs in natural settings.

Psychology