If someone is suspected of considering committing suicide, the best thing to do is to
a. leave them alone.
b. try to help, but respect the person's privacy.
c. challenge, dare, and use verbal shock treatment to get the person's attention.
d. intervene as much as possible.
d
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The brainstem, midbrain, and parts of the forebrain are referred to as the
a. reticular formation. b. subcortex. c. gray matter. d. cerebral cortex.
"Piaget observed his son Laurent dropping a toy swan repeatedly, varying the position from which he dropped it, [and] carefully observing each time to see where it fell." This is an example of
a) Substage 2: First habits and primary circular reactions b) Substage 3: Secondary circular reactions c) Substage 4: Coordination of circular reactions d) Substage 5: Tertiary circular reactions
Which statement is true of the motor homunculus?
A. Damage to a part of the motor homunculus on one side of the brain would impair motor function of the entire body on the same side as the damage. B. The homunculus represents the specific body muscle groups that are controlled by specific regions of the cortex. C. The homunculus represents the specific body parts that send afferent signals to a specific region of the cortex. D. There is only one homunculus in the human brain.
Beginning in the early 20th 20thcentury to current thought, what aspect in the lives of adolescents has accounted for the change in defining the age at which adolescence ends?
a) the steady decline in the age of menarche b) the increase in growth of secondary school attendance c) the decrease in emotional maturity d) the continuous increase in cognitive ability