If Parents Believe That Children Are Tabula Rasas at Birth

question 25

Multiple Choice

If parents believe that children are tabula rasas at birth, they are likely to

• A) leave their children alone so their virtuous natures can unfold.
• B) be very permissive with their children.
• C) assume that nothing they do will have any influence on their children's development.
• D) plan their children's experiences from the moment of their birth.

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Definitions:

Emotional Part

A component of human psychology that involves feelings, moods, and affective states.

Rational Part

The aspect of the human mind or personality that is responsible for logic, reasoning, and analytical thought.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that is the source of instinctual drives and desires, operating on the pleasure principle.

Psychoanalytic Theory

A theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy, originally formulated by Sigmund Freud, that emphasizes unconscious motivations and conflicts.