Studies into Whether Depressed Parents Negatively Affect Their Infants Showed

question 113

Multiple Choice

Studies into whether depressed parents negatively affect their infants showed that ________

• A) depressed mothers are overly responsive to their infants' facial expressions.
• B) depression in either the mother or the father can be transmitted to the next generation.
• C) fathers tend to blame themselves when children are depressed but mothers blame the children.
• D) both mothers and fathers engage in impulsive, antisocial behaviors which the children mimic.

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