Which of the Following Statements About Adoption Is True

question 69

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about adoption is true?

• A) In Western Europe, more unwed mothers give up their babies than in the past.
• B) Adopted children tend to have fewer emotional difficulties than other children.
• C) In North America and Western Europe, the availability of healthy babies has declined.
• D) Fewer adoptive parents are accepting children who have known developmental problems.

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Definitions:

Stroboscopic Motion

An optical illusion where continuous motion is represented by a series of short or instantaneous samples, as seen in motion pictures.

Motion Aftereffects

A visual phenomenon where exposure to a moving visual stimulus leads to the perception of motion in the opposite direction when the stimulus is removed.

Shape Constancy

The cognitive ability to recognize objects as the same despite changes in their shape, size, or orientation.

Rectangular

Pertaining to or shaped like a rectangle, having four sides and four right angles.