Questions About Whether Anxious Children Will Grow Up to Be

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Multiple Choice

Questions about whether anxious children will grow up to be either fearful or relaxed adults most directly highlight the issue of

• A) continuity and stages.
• B) stability and change.
• C) identity and role confusion.
• D) nature and nurture.

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Definitions:

Trust Versus Mistrust

A psychological stage in early childhood development, proposed by Erik Erikson, where an infant learns to trust others if their basic needs are consistently met or develops mistrust due to neglect.

Critical Period

A specific time during development when the organism is particularly susceptible to certain stimuli or environmental influences.

Freud's Psychoanalytic Model

A psychological theory proposing that human behavior is influenced by unconscious motives and conflicts, developed by Sigmund Freud.

Piaget's Theory

A theory of cognitive development outlining how children's abilities to think and reason progress through four distinct stages from infancy to adolescence.