Which of the Following Statements About Stranger Anxiety Is False

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about stranger anxiety is false?

• A)Stranger anxiety emerges gradually.
• B)Not every infant goes through this phase.
• C)This phase is not normal behaviour and should be brought to the pediatrician's attention.
• D)When an infant feels secure they are less likely to experience stranger anxiety.

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Definitions:

Anterograde Amnesia

The inability to form long-term memories of events occurring after a brain injury or brain surgery, although memories formed before the trauma are usually intact and short-term memory is unaffected.

Hippocampus

A region of the brain associated with memory formation, organization, and storage.

New Memories

Information or experiences that are newly encoded into an individual's memory system.

Infantile Amnesia

The relative inability of older children and adults to recall events from the first few years of life.