Recent Research Has Shown That Secure Attachment in Infancy May

question 20

Multiple Choice

Recent research has shown that secure attachment in infancy may be indirectly associated with the quality of romantic relationships in young adulthood. Secure attachment predicted peer competence in preschool, which itself predicted what variable at age 16? This age-16 variable predicted young-adult romance.

• A) Quality of friendships at age 16
• B) Age-16 extracurricular activities in school
• C) Ratings of mental health at age 16
• D) High scores on the trait of agreeableness at age 16

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Definitions:

Sexual Orientation

An enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to men, women, both genders, neither gender, or another gender.

Transvestite

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Semen

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