Which of the following statements about self-awareness is incorrect?
a. Self-awareness occurs earlier in children as a function of the amount of social stimulation they receive.
b. At 15 weeks of age, the home-reared infant in North America is in contact with its mother for about 20% of the time.
c. At 15 weeks of age, infants in the Ju/’hoansi society of South Africa’s Kalahari Desert are in close contact with their mothers about 70% of the time.
d. American children develop self-awareness earlier than do Ju/’hoansi children.
e. Self-awareness comes in stages and not all at once.
ANSWER: d
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