Researchers Studied Abused Children and a Control Group and Presented

question 40

Multiple Choice

Researchers studied abused children and a control group and presented participants a digitally altered series of images of the same face, with the images gradually transforming from a face with a neutral expression to a face with a strong emotion.They found that children of abusive parents:

• A) identified anger at an earlier point than control children
• B) identified anger at a later point than control children
• C) identified sadness at an earlier point than control children
• D) identified sadness at a later point than control children

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