In Piaget's view, children ages 2–6 are most notable cognitively for what they cannot do such as ____
a. coordinating senses with motor activities
b. using language to assist with thoughts
c. performing mental operations
d. using images to create mental representations
C. Hence the name preoperational, children cannot perform mental operations
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Adolescents are especially susceptible to addiction because
a. children and adolescents release more neurotransmitters than adults. b. the corpus callosum in the brains of adolescents are not fully developed. c. the brain systems that restrain risk-taking are not as mature as those that reward pleasure-seeking. d. of the hormones that are released at puberty that interact with the drugs to produce a more intensified and pleasurable effect.
It is considered a bad idea to skip breakfast because
a. eating breakfast releases leptin, which activates brain cells. b. fuel absorption is faster in the morning than in the afternoon. c. the minerals eaten in a typical breakfast are important for energy metabolism. d. the carbohydrate reserve of the liver can only be refilled during the morning. e. the liver holds a limited amount of glucose for use by the brain, and this supply can be depleted after an overnight fast.
Symptoms of ADHD tend to __________.
A. disappear by late adolescence and early adulthood B. decline with age, but often persist in milder forms into adulthood C. remain about the same well into adulthood and middle age D. increase in severity until young adulthood, when they finally begin to subside