Which of the Following Is a Reason the Psychoanalytic Perspective

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a reason the psychoanalytic perspective is no longer in the mainstream of child development research?

• A) Many psychoanalytic ideas, such as ego functioning, are too vague to be tested empirically.
• B) Psychoanalytic theorists accept the clinical method in which age-related averages are computed to represent typical development.
• C) Modern researchers have demonstrated that personality development does not take place in stages.
• D) Psychoanalytic theorists became isolated from the rest of the field because they failed to consider the early parent-child relationship.

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Definitions:

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Emotions

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