By age 4 to 5, __________
A) the brain increases from 40 percent to 60 percent of its adult weight
B) many parts of the cerebral cortex have overproduced synapses
C) growth in the prefrontal-cortical area slows to near-adult levels
D) synaptic pruning slows or ends
Answer: B
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a. even with therapy, long-term outcomes are generally poor. b. long-term outcomes tend to be quite mixed and unpredictable. c. age of onset predicts long-term outcomes across all disorders. d. treatment response is primarily positive and long-lasting.
What seems to underlie the significant increase in processing speed seen during childhood?
a. Enhanced use of preservation b. Vastly improved sensory systems c. A greater reliance on implicit memory d. Brain maturation
African American Medicaid recipients are _____ likely than Caucasian recipients to receive _________.
a. More likely; effective antipsychotic medication b. Less likely; effective antipsychotic medication. c. Just as likely; care under parens patriae powers. d. Just as likely; a criminal punishment related to mental illness behaviors.
Which statement about the field of abnormal psychology is accurate? a. Abnormal psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify unusual behaviors. b. Abnormal psychology is not yet considered a scientific field of research
c. Abnormal psychology focuses on the study of only the most bizarre behavior. d. Abnormal psychology is most interested in narrowing a disorder to one behavioral factor.