Irritable, Unresponsive Infants Who Are at Risk of Alienating Close

question 64

Multiple Choice

Irritable, unresponsive infants who are at risk of alienating close companions are likely to continue to experience non-synchronous interactions with their parents

• A) if they are boys
• B) if their parents are unhappily married
• C) if they are adoptees rather than biological offspring
• D) all of these

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Definitions:

Developmental Sequence

The chronological order of developmental milestones that individuals typically go through as they grow and mature.

Freud's

Pertaining to the theories of Sigmund Freud, which focus on psychoanalytic concepts of human behavior and personality development.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach and theory of psychology developed by Sigmund Freud emphasizing unconscious motives and conflicts.

Oral Psychosexual Stage

The first stage in Freud's psychosexual development theory, where an infant's pleasure centers on activities involving the mouth.