Potential Reasons That Some Children Appear to Not Suffer Any

question 19

Multiple Choice

Potential reasons that some children appear to not suffer any adverse effects from CSA include all of the following EXCEPT that

• A)some children just really are resilient.
• B)researchers may be choosing the wrong symptoms for study.
• C)the function of the sleeper effects principal.
• D)parents often instruct children to lie about their abuse effects in research studies.

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Definitions:

Material

Substances or objects that are used to make things, or the content and information provided or studied in academic and practical contexts.

Retention Interval

The period of time between the acquisition of information and when that information is retrieved from memory.

Interference

Occurs when one wave overlaps another, causing a modification in the overall amplitude of the wave, or in cognitive psychology, the impairment of memory performance.

Decay

The gradual reduction in the strength or quantity of something, used metaphorically for the fading of memories over time.