CT scans and MRI scans both suggest that the brains of schizophrenics have shrunk, which may be due to the schizophrenic brain
a. becoming more densely-packed with aging.
b. developing plaques and tangles.
c. having abnormal brain chemicals that accumulate and cause neuronal death.
d. being unable to continually create new neurons to replace old ones that have died.
D
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a. Harry Harlow b. Mary Ainsworth c. John Bowlby d. Jay Belsky
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a. Read the Abstracts; read the Introductions; read the Discussions; read the Method sections b. Read the References; read the Appendices; read the Abstracts; read the Discussions c. Read the Abstracts; read the Discussions; read the Introductions; read the Results d. Read the Discussions; read the Introductions; read the Abstracts; read the Results
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