A child is observed using the Strange Situation procedure. The mother leaves the room, and then returns. When she returns, the child is extremely aggressive and hostile

There are many potential reasons for this type of behavior, but according to Ainsworth, what could be the difficulty?
The child had some type of neurological injury in-utero.
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The child had a disorganized-disoriented attachment.
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The child was most likely abused.
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The mother used meth while she was pregnant.
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The child had a disorganized-disoriented attachment.

Psychology

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and asking them questions about their beliefs regarding race. Whenever he asks a question that might reveal some level of racism, he unconsciously cocks one eyebrow and lowers his voice slightly. As a result, his research showed that virtually none of his participants held any racist beliefs. What error has Dr. Fishkill made in his method? a. He has allowed observer-expectancy effects to cloud his results. b. He has failed to carefully observe his participants. c. He has failed to control the environment in which the study was taking place. d. He has failed to use random assignment of his participants.

Psychology

The physical characteristics of an organism is referred to as its

A. genome. B. genotype. C. phenotype. D. chromosome.

Psychology

Julius has learned that when his older sister cut her doll's hair, she got in trouble. He also learned that when his younger sister cut out paper dolls from a book, she did not get in trouble

Through _____, he has learned in which situations he is and is not allowed to use scissors. a. perspective taking b. punishment c. reward d. modeling

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