Approaches to Toilet Training Have Changed Over Time

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Multiple Choice

Approaches to toilet training have changed over time.At one point,it was suggested to parents to postpone toilet training until the child was at least a year old to avoid serious personality problems later on.This view is MOST consistent with:

• A) psychoanalytic theory.
• B) cognitive theory.
• C) behaviorism.
• D) information-processing theory.

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