In girls, the pituitary gland:
A. enables growth spurts in height and weight.
B. stimulates the testes to increase their output of testosterone.
C. signals the ovaries to boost estrogen production at puberty.
D. prevents the long bones from making further gains in length.
Answer: C
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a. her lack of ability to do her job successfully. b. the bad mood that her boss was in on the day she was fired. c. a general downturn in the economy that resulted in massive layoffs. d. her coworker who started a number of false rumors about Darla.
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a. downplay; emphasize b. emphasize; downplay c. recognize; emphasize d. emphasize; recognize
The child's understanding that objects still exist even when out of sight is called
a. constructivistic substantiation. b. existential persistence. c. tertiary scaffolding. d. object permanence.
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a. Piaget's cognitive b. Skinner's behavioral c. Freud's psychoanalytical d. Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems