Joyce Is Planning to Take a Year and a Half

question 86

Multiple Choice

Joyce is planning to take a year and a half leave from her job because she wants to stay home and care for her newborn child.Joyce believes that during the first 18 months of a child's life,it is critical that she make herself available to meet her child's needs and provide needed attention.Erik Erikson would say that Joyce's decision comes at a good time to address what stage of her child's development?

• A)critical attachment stage
• B)trust-versus-mistrust stage
• C)autonomy-versus-shame-and-doubt stage
• D)temperament behavior stage

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Definitions:

Phrenology

A now-discredited theory that claimed bumps on the skull could predict mental traits and character traits.

Localization of Function

The concept that different areas of the brain are responsible for specific functions or activities.

Synaptic Gaps

The small spaces between neurons, across which neurotransmitters travel to enable neural communication.

Franz Gall

A physician and neuroanatomist known for developing the theory of phrenology, which suggested that the bumps on the skull represent mental faculties and character traits.