Genie's Elderly Aunt Believes That She Is Forgetting Things Because

question 365

Multiple Choice

Genie's elderly aunt believes that she is forgetting things because her brain is shrinking with age.Genie,a psychology student,laughs at her aunt's ideas,and retorts her belief with the following piece of evidence

• A) the adult brain from the age of 40 onwards loses significant numbers of neurons each day.
• B) we are born with all the neurons we will ever have.
• C) if the brain is shrinking, it is due to water loss of myelin and not loss of neurons.
• D) new neurons are formed in certain parts of the brain throughout the lifespan.

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Distinguish between gender identity, roles, typing, and transcendence.

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Examine the implications of adopting a strong masculine role in adolescence.

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Definitions:

Ammonia

A colorless gas with a characteristic pungent smell, consisting of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3), used in various industrial processes and as a fertilizer.

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Plant Roots

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Assimilation

The process of absorbing and integrating new information into existing knowledge.