In adolescence, __________
A) attention becomes less selective
B) strategies become less effective
C) inhibition improves
D) metacognition narrows
Answer: C
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In 1793, French doctor changed the Bicêtre Asylum in Paris from a squalid "madhouse" into a mental hospital by unchaining the inmates and treating them humanely and compassionately. This French doctor was
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