Sixteen-year-old Jack engages in risky behaviors such as driving fast and without a seatbelt. One explanation for this behavior is brain immaturity
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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About 66,000 cases of child sexual abuse were confirmed in 2010. This number
A) greatly underestimates the extent of sexual abuse, since many victims remain silent. B) overestimates the number of cases because of children's unreliable reporting. C) represents about 30,000 cases perpetrated by women and about 36,000 by men. D) consists mostly of abuse by a stranger.
Over time, the massive trauma of persistent abuse seems to
A) drive most abused children to report the abuse eventually. B) blunt children's normal physiological response to stress. C) provoke a counter-reaction in children in which their empathy and tendency to act as mediator grow. D) diminish, making adults who were abused as children similar in psychological responses to those not abused.