【单选题】【R8】 DURING THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF SELF, A CHILD IS AFFECTED BY CERTAIN INFLUENTIAL FACTORS. 【R1】_____.INFANTS FORM. AN ATTACHMENT WITH THE MOTHER THAT MUST UNDERGO A PROCESS OF SEPARATION AND INDI...
A.
A SAFE,LOVING ENVIRONMENT IS ANOTHER NECESSARY COMPONENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HEALTHY SELF-CONCEPT.
B.
FOR INFANTS ADOPTED AT BIRTH,THE EFFECT MAY BE MINIMAL,FOR THE INFANT HAS OFTEN HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO BOND WITH THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER.
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SINCE SUCH 'DEPENDENCE' IN THE WELL-LOVED CHILD IS OUTGROWN AND LATER PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR A STABLE INDEPENDENCE, IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO SUPPOSE IT TO BE PATHOLOGICAL.
D.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INVOLVES HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER.
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WHAT,THEN,EFFECT DOES ADOPTION HAVE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HEALTHY SENSE OF SELF?
F.
HIS TRANSITION TO LIVING IN AN ADOPTIVE HOME MAY BE DIFFICULT AS HE ADJUSTS TO NEW SURROUNDINGS AND CAREGIVERS BECAUSE,BY THE AGE OF 18 MONTHS,HE HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF SELF IN RE LATION TO OTHERS.
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DESPITE THESE ACTIONS,SOMETIMES A CHILD MAY CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM SEPARATION ANXIETY. H. ANYTHING THAT INTERRUPTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE IMPORTANT SKILLS MAY INTERFERE WITH DEVELOPING A HEALTHY SELF-CONCEPT.
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CONSIDER A TODDLER ADOPTED AT THE AGE OF 18 MONTHS WHO HAS LIVED IN THE SAME FOSTER HOME SINCE BIRT H.
J.
AN ADOPTED CHILD, THEN,HAS AT LEAST AN AVERAGE CHANCE OF SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUATION,ASSUMING HE IS ADOPTED BY LOVING PARENTS.