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