Which of the following is the most reasonable explanation as to why adolescence is the time period during which it is most likely that a depression-prone person would experience a first episode of major depressive disorder (MDD)?
Answer: A reorganization of the brain in early adolescence makes it difficult for adolescents to coordinate among adaptive systems designed to help adolescents cope with increasing autonomy and increasingly complex social relationships.
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Even though Susie's boyfriend was abusive, she stayed in the relationship. What is the most likely reason for this, according to social psychologists?
a. No viable alternatives are available. b. She feels indebted. c. She thinks they are in love. d. They are stuck in a cycle.
Studies of inattentional blindness indicate that
a. we sometimes fail to notice surprising visual events. b. we usually pay special attention to surprising visual events. c. changes in a visual stimulus will tend to be processed, but often inefficiently. d. the brain is temporarily attentive to novel visual stimuli. e. we are unable to attend to two superimposed visual stimuli.