According to Ecological Theory,why Do Children Develop Stranger Anxiety

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Multiple Choice

According to ecological theory,why do children develop stranger anxiety?

• A) It suggests that children think their parents have abandoned them, thus reducing the availability of breastmilk.
• B) It may be a survival strategy that enables babies to perceive unfamiliar faces as potentially threatening.
• C) It is a fear response, also named the "Moro Reflex," that helps children alert other children to the presence of danger.
• D) It goes back to the Stone Age, when children would cry when a potential predator appeared at the entrance of caves. This signaled to the parent to go into "protection" mode.

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