From a research perspective, childhood encompasses a very long period. Who wrote the first book emphasizing adolescence as a distinct developmental period?

a) Charles Darwin
b) Alfred Binet
c) G. Stanley Hall
d) Jean-Jacques Rousseau


Answer: c

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