Violent delinquent behavior among adolescents usually develops slowly as they move from minor aggression, such as bullying, in early adolescence to physical fighting and gang fighting to rape and muggings in late adolescence. This escalation is best explained by which theory?

The ability to control one's impulsiveness appears to be directly related to the development of the

parietal cortex. prefrontal cortex. striate cortex. frontal cortex.

_____ create(s) situations that make acquiring new knowledge more challenging and with benefits that are less obvious in the short term

a. Classical conditioning b. Operant conditioning c. Latent learning d. Desirable difficulties