Four-Year-Old Derek Is Playing with His Trucks and Does Not

question 17

Multiple Choice

Four-year-old Derek is playing with his trucks and does not want to come to the dinner table. In response, his mother storms over to where he is playing, grabs his trucks away from him, and yells, "I told you to come eat dinner! Come to the table right now or I will throw those trucks in the garbage." Derek's mother is rarely affectionate with him, even in situations in which he is complying with her wishes. Derek's mother would likely be classified as:

• A) permissive.
• B) authoritative.
• C) rejecting-neglecting.
• D) authoritarian.

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