Devil's Advocacy

question 13

Multiple Choice

Devil's advocacy:

• A) involves generating a plan and a counter-plan that reflects plausible conflicting courses of action.
• B) is an example of ivory tower planning.
• C) hides the possible perils of a recommended course of action.
• D) involves generating a plan, and a critical analysis of that plan.
• E) includes downplaying the problems that could result from implementing a particular plan .

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Definitions:

Cortical Atrophy

The wasting away or decrease in size of the brain's cortex, often associated with aging or neurological diseases.

Dendrites

The branching projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body, or soma, of the neuron from which the dendrites project.

Reserve Capacity

The extra amount of functional capability that an organism or system can draw upon when needed.

Homeostasis

The biological process by which living organisms maintain a stable internal environment despite changes in the external environment.