Billy and Kyle Are Both Evaluated at a Child Assessment

question 34

Multiple Choice

Billy and Kyle are both evaluated at a child assessment clinic at age 6. Billy comes from an affluent, loving and intact family. He is meeting all developmental tasks and is well adjusted. Kyle is living in poverty with his maternal grandmother after being abandoned by his parents. He is scoring in the clinically significant range on measures that test for behavioral problems. Years later, both boys are re-evaluated and both are found to be well adjusted and developing normally. Kyle reports that he became active in sports and was mentored by caring adults over the years. This is an example of

• A)ordinary magic.
• B)multifinality.
• C)unstable, maladaptive development.
• D)nonnormative development.

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