What Is Known About the Long-Term Effects of Divorce on Children

question 17

Multiple Choice

What is known about the long-term effects of divorce on children?

• A) Anger toward the parent they perceive as responsible for the breakup persists.
• B) Children typically bounce back quickly and show few long-term effects.
• C) The younger the child, the more readily he/she will bounce back from the effects of divorce.
• D) A vast majority - over 90% - of children from divorced families eventually experience their own divorce in adulthood.

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Definitions:

Bottom-Up Processing

Analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain’s integration of sensory information.

Subliminal Priming

The use of stimuli presented below the threshold of conscious perception to influence thoughts, feelings, or actions.

Conscious Awareness

The mental state of being fully present and aware of oneself and the surroundings.

Subliminal Sounds

Sounds that are played below the conscious level of hearing, purportedly influencing behavior or perception.