Research on the Differences in Personality Between First- and Later-Born

question 1

Multiple Choice

Research on the differences in personality between first- and later-born children explains such findings by saying that

• A) they may be linked to contrasts in the parenting styles used with each child.
• B) later-born children tend to have easier temperaments.
• C) parents tend to be more authoritarian with later-born children.
• D) there are no definite personality differences found between first- and later-born children.

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Definitions:

Developmental Psychopathologists

Professionals who study the influence of developmental processes on the manifestation and progression of psychological disorders.

Stress Circuits

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Exposure

A therapeutic technique used in behavioral therapy where an individual is gradually introduced to a feared object or context without any danger, to overcome their anxiety.

Flooding

An exposure therapy in which clients are exposed repeatedly and intensively to a feared object and made to see that it is actually harmless.