When we say abusive parenting tends to run in families, what does this mean?
a. Abusive would-be parents are more likely to get married to each other.
b. Abused children are more likely to abuse their own children than the non-abused.
c. More abused children abuse their own children than do not abuse them.
d. Abusive tendencies are genetic and cannot really be avoided.
b
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a. s c. ? b. s2 d. ? 2
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a. True b. False
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a. quickly, but is quite fragile and subject to change. b. from the way one is viewed by others. c. slowly, reaching its complete form only in old age. d. from one's physical appearance.
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