A key reason why emotional outbursts decline in early childhood is that children ___________________________

a. learn strategies for regulating their emotions, in a practice known as effortful control
b. have a more sophisticated theory of mind at this age
c. at this age are no longer at risk for externalizing problems
d. have learned the skill of over-controlling their emotions


Answer: A

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