Close-up C2 Student’s Book Answer Key

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sustain

cognitive

trauma

optimal

empathetic

determinant

Vocabulary

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misspent

dysunctional

maladjusted

aberrant

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abnormal

misanthropeAll o the prexes have a negative meaning.

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venting

bears

breeds

swallow

conducted

exerting

arouses

assert

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cynical

Meticulous
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uneasy

obnoxious

amiable

eloquent

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obnoxious

amiable

cynical

eloquent

uneasy

meticulous

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vulnerable

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distant

mutual

compatible

inseparable

platonic

unconditional

devoted

1 Do You Mind?

Reading

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You can change most things wholly or in part, but notgenetics.

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A brain injury caused the change. The physicalenvironment was the cause as it was the result oan
accident.

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It ocused on what is going right in the lives o youngpeople, rather than what is going wrong.

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1c

His miraculous survival, and the eects o the injuryupon his character, made Gage an important
casestudy or scientists concerned with the brain andhuman behaviour. / Gage’s injuries provided thefrst
solid evidence or a link between brain traumaand personality change.

2d

The subsequent blast propelled the rod throughGage’s let cheek, tore through his brain and
exitedthrough the top o his skull …

3a

… he became … socially inappropriate. / It isinvolved in … inhibiting inappropriate behaviour …

4b
Today, research is still being conducted intohis condition and the majority o introductorypsychology
textbooks mention Gage. His skulland the iron rod are on display at the WarrenAnatomical Museum at
Harvard University and arethe most sought-out items there.

5a

… 30-year study into childhood temperament andits impact on adult behaviours …/ … achievingoptimal
development and wellbeing. In measuringpositive development in young people …

6d

In measuring positive development in young people,researchers look or attributes and behaviours
thatenable them to take an active role in the community… (It can only reer to young people as they are
thegroup being studied in relation to taking an activerole in the community, etc.)

7b

… have confdence that important organisations insociety would generally behave ethically and airly…

8c

The fndings are an invaluable resource ordeveloping interventions and programmes thatreduce risks
and also strengthen protective actorsto assist optimal development