Fathers

question 17

Multiple Choice

Fathers

• A) are not as responsive as mothers to their infant's social needs.
• B) who provide sensitive caregiving and interactional synchrony with infants generally have more securely attached children.
• C) report feeling less anxiety than mothers about daily separations.
• D) more often than mothers provide toys and gently play conventional games with infants.

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Definitions:

Increasing Rate

A situation or condition where there is a rise in the percentage or level of a particular economic variable or indicator over a designated period.

Slope

The measure of the steepness or incline of a line, indicating the rate of change between two points on a graph.

Decreasing Rate

A situation where the rate at which a process occurs slows down over time.

Post Hoc

Short for the logical fallacy "post hoc ergo propter hoc," meaning "after this, therefore because of this," it implies a mistaken belief that because one thing follows another, it was caused by the other.