What Is It About Adolescent Thinking That Makes Adolescents Better

question 81

Multiple Choice

What is it about adolescent thinking that makes adolescents better problem solvers than younger children are?

• A) a halt in synaptic pruning
• B) increases in synapses
• C) improvements in processing speed
• D) improvements in concrete thinking

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