In the early twentieth century, psychologist G. Stanley Hall described adolescence as a ________
A) biologically based “developmental disturbance” resulting from reawakening of sexual impulses
B) period so turbulent that it resembled the era in which humans evolved from savages into civilized beings
C) generally pleasant time of life in which the social environment is entirely responsible for the range of teenage experiences
D) time when internal stresses and social expectations prompt moments of uncertainty, self-doubt, and disappointment
Answer: B
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