Children begin to become verbally proficient in describing the causes and consequences of emotions at about three or four years of age. All but which of the following is true concerning this emotional advancement?
a. Around this time, children tend to agree that receiving a compliment leads to happy emotions.
b. Around this time, children tend to agree that being called a name leads to a negative feeling.
c. Around this time, children begin to center their concepts of emotions on internal psychological states.
d. Around this time, children can offer suggestions for ameliorating another person's negative emotions.
C
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A) simpler; parsimony B) more complex; parsimony C) simpler; falsifiability D) more complex; falsifiability
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