As Children Become Adolescents

question 88

Multiple Choice

As children become adolescents

• A) their attachment to peers increases, while their attachment to parents necessarily decreases.
• B) attachment is no longer an aspect of development that has relevance to adolescents.
• C) they can maintain a positive, high quality attachment relationship with both their parents and their peers.
• D) attachment to an intimate romantic partner increases, as attachment to both parents and peers decreases.

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Definitions:

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Conflict Perspective

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