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Beheh

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Describe the three factors (surgency, negative affectivity, and effortful control) related to infant emotionality. In what ways do these factors differ between boys and girls and in different cultures?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Gathering information on brain structures focuses on which type of assessment?
 
  a. psychological tests c. interviews
  b. neurological tests d. observations



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Answer to Question 1

 Surgency  extraversion
 Negative affectivity  tendency to experience fear and frustration/anger
 Effortful control  ways in which infant attempts to regulate stimulation and response
 Boys score higher in surgency, girls score higher in effortful control, little difference in negative affectivity
 May be differences between Eastern versus Western cultures and among various Western cultures

Answer to Question 2

B



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