Unwanted Czechoslovakian Children in One Longitudinal Study Showed Many Developmental

question 60

Multiple Choice

Unwanted Czechoslovakian children in one longitudinal study showed many developmental impairments largely because

• A) they were less healthy than wanted children from birth and had extremely difficult temperaments
• B) their parents were not very invested in fostering the development of children they did not care to raise
• C) of their parents' lack of competence at parenting
• D) a and c
• E) all of these

---

Definitions:

Upsetting Feelings

Emotional responses that cause distress, discomfort, or unhappiness in an individual.

Expressing Feelings

The act of communicating emotions, thoughts, or attitudes through words, gestures, or artistic expressions.

Collective Socialization

The process through which individuals learn and adopt the norms, values, and behaviors that are necessary for functioning in a group or society.

Novelist

A writer of novels, which are long written narratives that typically describe fictional characters and events.