According to Piaget, around age 11, young people enter the formal operational stage of development, in which they
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are able to come up with new, general logical rules through internal reflection.
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Sophia, an 80-year-old, lives with her daughter, Dorothy. How many of the following factors put Sophia at risk of elder abuse: Dorothy's high competence, the potential financial gain Dorothy may receive, Dorothy's depression, and the fact that Dorothy is single?
a. one b. two c. three d. four
Making observations in a systematic manner to test hypotheses and refute or develop a theory is known as a. systematic empiricism
b. the principle of falsifiability. c. pseudoscience. d. public verification.
When a neurotransmitter molecule binds briefly with a receptor site, changes occur in the receiving neuron's charge. If there is a voltage shift in a negative direction, then the effect is:
a. inhibitory, and so the probability that the receiving neuron will fire decreases. b. excitatory, and so the probability that the receiving neuron will fire increases. c. inhibitory, and so the probability that the receiving neuron will fire increases. d. excitatory, and so the probability that the receiving neuron will fire decreases.
A perceived deficit in social connectivity is referred to as
A. antisocial behavior. B. agoraphobia. C. loneliness. D. ostracism.