This Person Is Considered the Most Influential Theorist to Discuss

question 54

Short Answer

This person is considered the most influential theorist to discuss the importance of adolescent friendships. He argued that the need for intimacy intensifies during early adolescence, motivating teenagers to seek out close friends. Identify the individual.

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Definitions:

Root Cap

A protective structure located at the tip of a plant root that shields the growing tip in the soil, secretes mucilage to aid in movement, and perceives gravity.

Phototropin

A protein that acts as a blue-light receptor, causing phototropic responses in plants towards light sources.

Phototropic Response

the growth or movement of a plant organ toward or away from light, as a response to its direction.

Phytochrome

A blue-green, proteinaceous pigment involved in a wide variety of physiological responses to light; occurs in two interconvertible forms, Pr (red-absorbing phytochrome) and Pfr (far-red-absorbing phytochrome).