How many individuals under 65 years of age, on average, are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease in the United States?

Tim is a wide receiver on his college football team. Lately, Tim has dropped a lot of easy

passes. He is beginning to get down on himself and is losing his confidence to play the game. Tim's coach pulls him aside one day and tells him to stop being so negative. He tells Tim, "Instead of thinking that you are going to drop the ball, tell yourself that you are going to catch it and run with it all the way to the end zone." The coach's advice is similar to a method of stress reduction called a. cognitive reappraisal. b. aerobic exercise. c. progressive relaxation. d. emotion-focused coping. e. cognitive contrasting.

Which of the following statements about brain development during adolescence is FALSE:

A) A dramatic loss of brain cells is often a normal part of development. B) Experiences the adolescent has are what determine which interconnections are strengthened and which are lost. C) A greater number of inhibitory synapses are eliminated than excitatory synapses. D) The hippocampus matures more quickly in girls than in boys.