What Is the Implication for Parenting Based on Research on the Minimal

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Multiple Choice

What is the implication for parenting based on research on the minimal deterrence phenomenon?

• A) Children are the happiest if their parents allow them to explore the environment, without providing a strict set of rules and norms.
• B) The more difficult it is for children to feel included in a particular activity, the more they will ultimately justify engaging in that activity by seeing it as good.
• C) Minimal deterrence is the most effective way to provide a child with sufficient external justification to avoid engaging in undesired behaviors.
• D) Minimal deterrence will make a child more likely to internalize the idea that he or she doesn't want to engage in the undesired behavior.

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