According to the Focus on Neuroscience Box on the Adolescent

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Multiple Choice

According to the Focus on Neuroscience box on the adolescent brain, from approximately age six to adolescence, brain development is characterized by:

• A) minimal change, as brain development is essentially complete by early childhood.
• B) a second wave of gray matter overproduction followed by a second round of neuronal pruning.
• C) a doubling of the brain's size and volume.
• D) a large increase in the number of neurons but a decrease in the number of synaptic connections among neurons.

Understand the role and characteristics of fully functioning individuals according to Carl Rogers.

Describe the defense mechanisms and processes identified by Carl Rogers.

Differentiate humanistic psychology from Freudian psychology, behaviorism, and other approaches.

Discuss the influence of historical and societal context on the development of humanistic psychology.

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