Discuss why adolescence is a particularly vulnerable time for the expression of stress and/or symptoms related to trauma

What will be an ideal response?

• Brain differences – HPA axis and unique brain development that occurs in adolescence (frontal cortex)
• Less buffering of stress-response
• Cumulative effects of trauma or maltreatment become more observable
• Social challenges that occur during adolescence

Psychology

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a) Avicenna b) Galen c) Hippocrates d) Melampus of Pilus

Psychology

_____ refers to the continuous bidirectional interactions between genes and environment

a. Nature versus nurture b. Epigenesis c. Reaction range d. Concordance rate

Psychology