Results of Jerome Kagan's Longitudinal Research on the Development of Shyness

question 30

Multiple Choice

Results of Jerome Kagan's longitudinal research on the development of shyness and sociability found that

• A) about 70 percent of 4-month-olds were easily upset by novelty.
• B) nearly all of the extreme groups retained their temperamental styles as they get older.
• C) most children's dispositions became less extreme over time.
• D) as infants, more children were shy than were highly sociable.

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