Which of the following statements about synaptic exuberance is true?
a) Scientists have learned that a sharp increase in synaptic connections occurs long before puberty begins.
b) Scientists have learned that a sharp increase in synaptic connections occurs around the time puberty begins.
c) Scientists have learned that a sharp increase in synaptic connections occurs around late adolescence.
d) Scientists have learned that a sharp increase in synaptic connections occurs around emerging adulthood.
Answer: b
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a. passion and commitment, moving them toward fatuous love b. passion and intimacy, moving them toward romantic love c. intimacy and commitment, moving them toward companionate love d. passion, but they will lose their sense of commitment, moving them toward infatuated love
Who of the following likely relies heavily on industrial/organizational psychology?
A. someone who recruits and selects new employees for open positions at a company B. someone who conducts experiments to determine rehabilitative punishments for prisoners C. someone who helps people recover from traumatic experiences D. someone who provides advice to new parents who are experiencing high levels of stress
The primary limitation of children's thinking during the concrete operations stage is that they
A) can only engage in deductive reasoning using activities like the pendulum problem. B) master the skills of transitivity, reversibility, and class inclusion in a sequential manner. C) cannot think about process and only see the beginning and end of a problem. D) can think logically only about tangible or familiar materials, contexts, and situations.
Sammy is using dolls to represent people in a dollhouse. Based on Mead's theory of child development, at which stage of development is Sammy?
A) preparatory stage B) play stage C) game stage D) toy stage