Four-Year-Old Sam Is the Second Child of Jim and Pat

question 28

Multiple Choice

Four-year-old Sam is the second child of Jim and Pat Gates.How may Sam's birth order affect his development?

• A) Sam will believe that he has unlimited power over his other siblings.
• B) Sam will feel a need to compete with his other siblings.
• C) Sam will more easily mimic the behavior of adults around him.
• D) Sam will believe that he must have the attention of both parents and all siblings.

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Definitions:

Emotional Needs

The aspects of a person's well-being that involve feelings of belonging, love, acceptance, and safety.

Amygdala

Part of the limbic system; filters incoming information and interprets it in the context of emotional needs and survival.

Hippocampus

Part of the limbic system; important in forming and retrieving declarative memories.

Autonomic Division

A part of the nervous system that controls involuntary bodily functions such as heart rate, digestion, and respiratory rate, usually divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions.