Roberto Is an Infant Who Is Described as Having a Difficult

question 65

Multiple Choice

Roberto is an infant who is described as having a difficult temperament. His father is insensitive, coercive, and also difficult in temperament. What can we predict Roberto's developmental outcome will be?

• A) Roberto will most likely have behavioral problems and adjustment difficulties that worsen with age, even into early adolescence.
• B) Roberto will become less extreme in his behavioral tendencies because babies with difficult temperaments become less extreme with age.
• C) Babies with difficult temperaments tend to be unpredictable, so we cannot accurately predict what Roberto will be like as he ages.
• D) Roberto will be more likely to get ill as he gets older because difficult temperaments wear down a person's immune system.

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