Nancy is a three month old infant. Compared to other infants her age, she is fussy and cries easily. Nancy's behaviors would most accurately be described as the result of her _____________
A) state
B) neuroticism
C) personality
D) temperament
Answer: D
Rationale: Newborn infants typically are not described with the same range of adjectives that we use for adults; adults may be thought of as talkative, ambitious, greedy, and arrogant, whereas infants probably are not. However, within their first few months of life, infants do show the beginnings of personality characteristics in the form of temperaments.
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