According to Piaget,adolescents Are Motivated to Understand Their World Because

question 18

Multiple Choice

According to Piaget,adolescents are motivated to understand their world because doing so

• A)makes them look "cool" to their friends.
• B)makes them look grown up to their parents.
• C)is biologically adaptive.
• D)is necessary for making friends and starting romances.

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Definitions:

Sensory Adaptation

The procedure through which receptors sensing the environment become less alert to unchanged stimuli through time.

Sensory Sensitization

An increased response to a stimulus following repeated exposure to it.

Pain Pathway

Refers to the physiological processes that convey pain signals from the body's peripheral receptors through the spinal cord to the brain.

Pheromone

A chemical substance produced and released into the environment by an animal, affecting the behavior or physiology of others of its species.