Three of the following statements accurately describe how sense of self changes over childhood and adolescence. Which statement is not accurate?
a. With age, children increasingly make distinctions among different aspects of themselves.
b. With age, children's self-perceptions become increasingly stable.
c. Adolescents become aware of inconsistencies among their various self-perceptions and eventually try to resolve the inconsistencies in some way.
d. With age, children's self-appraisals become less and less accurate.
D
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A. 1.712 B. 0 C. 1.7 D. -1.712
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a. Victim blaming b. Denial rationalization c. Avoidance rationalization d. Scapegoating rationalization
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A) zone of proximal development B) socioeconomic status C) bilingual achievements D) expressive language environment
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