Advances in which of the following fields has been of primary importance in helping researchers understand that brain development during adolescence is much more dramatic than had previously been thought?

__________ psychology is a field of psychology that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of people with specific mental or behavioral problems

a. Abnormal b. Psychopathological c. Clinical d. Counseling

Which of the following statements is supported by research on child maltreatment?

A) Every industrialized country except the United States and France prohibits corporal punishment in school. B) The United States has banned the use of corporal punishment in public schools. C) Because the United States does not view violence as an appropriate way to solve problems, physical abuse is rare. D) In the United States, there is little support for the use of physical punishment with children under the age of 5.