Theorists believe that the behavior of caregivers who psychologically abuse their children stem from:
a. not having experienced warm, caring parenting as children, not having their emotional needs met, and getting low levels of support
b. criminal minds who are cunning and calculate how to be mean to children and punish them
c. biochemical changes in the brain causing some people to have increased and even insatiable sexual urges toward children
d. a childish mind that relates better to children than to adults who engage in problem solving and more adult behaviors
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A Correct: Theorists believe that the behavior of caregivers who psychologically abuse their children stem from not having experienced warm, caring parenting as children, not having their emotional needs met, and getting low levels of support. The caregivers' behavior may represent a re-creation of patterns of psychological abuse experienced as a child.
B Incorrect: The behavior of caregivers who psychologically abuse their children does not stem from criminal minds that are cunning and calculate how to be mean to children and punish them.
C Incorrect: The behavior of caregivers who psychologically abuse their children does not stem from biochemical changes in the brain causing some people to have increased and even insatiable sexual urges toward children.
D Incorrect: The behavior of caregivers who psychologically abuse their children does not stem from a childish mind that relates better to children than to adults who engage in problem solving and more adult behaviors.
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