You Have Been Invited to Be a Research Assistant on a Study

question 42

Multiple Choice

You have been invited to be a research assistant on a study of adolescent brain function. Based on what you have read in the chapter, which of these questions would your team try to answer?

• A) Which parts of the brain become physically larger in the teen years?
• B) Do teens and younger children use different parts of their brains to perform the same tasks?
• C) Do adolescents pass through any of Piaget's cognitive development stages?
• D) Are adolescents capable of thinking in multiple dimensions?

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