Junior and Kgosi Are Babies Who Are the Same Age

question 91

Multiple Choice

Junior and Kgosi are babies who are the same age but very different from each other. Junior has the ability to focus his attention on a task, while Kgosi is very easily distracted. Junior and Kgosi differ on which dimension of temperament?

• A)Activity
• B)Negative affect
• C)Effortful control
• D)Surgency

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Definitions:

Feeling Numb

A state of reduced or absent sensations, often referring to a psychological response where a person is detached from emotional or physical feeling.

Homeostasis

The ability of an organism or environment to maintain stability and balance despite changes or outside challenges.

General Adaptation Syndrome

A model describing the body's short-term and long-term reactions to stress, consisting of three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.

Resistance

The refusal to accept or comply with something; the act of trying to prevent something by action or argument.