A study on child-rearing practices in different cultures and their effects on personality concluded that:
a. restrictive parental practices adversely affected the mental health and emotional well-being of Arab teenagers.
b. the effect child-rearing practices have on the development of personality is neutralized by the time an individual reaches adolescence.
c. parents in individualistic cultures tended to be noncoercive, democratic, and permissive.
d. Chinese mothers living in Canada were found to be less authoritarian in raising their children than non-Chinese mothers in Canada.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: In the individualistic culture of the United States, parents tend to be noncoercive, democratic, and permissive in their child-rearing techniques. In collectivist cultures, such as Asian and Arab societies, parental practices tend to be more authoritarian, restrictive, and controlling.
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