Families Play a Critical Role in How Adolescents Learn to Manage

question 95

Multiple Choice

Families play a critical role in how adolescents learn to manage their feelings. Studies of adolescents find that:

• A) warm, supportive parenting is associated with the ability to regulate one's feelings.
• B) warm, supportive parenting is associated with negative emotions and aggressive behaviors.
• C) a family history of emotional negativity is associated with the ability to regulate one's feelings.
• D) a family history of emotional negativity is NOT associated with emotional regulation.

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Definitions:

Preoperational

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, occurring from ages 2 to 7, where children begin to engage in symbolic play and learn to manipulate symbols but do not yet understand concrete logic.

Cognitive Life

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Preoperational

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children from ages 2 to 7 engage in symbolic play and struggle with logic and taking the perspective of others.