Question

Contemporary developmentalists maintain that human development is a continual and hierarchical process. The statement that most accurately depicts this viewpoint is:

A. early childhood experiences have little impact on adult behavior and attitudes
B. early childhood experiences are the major determinants of adult behavior and attitudes
C. early childhood experiences have a lasting impact on adult behavior and attitudes, but experience during other, later periods of life, also play a role
D. negative childhood events affect adult personality and behavior, but positive childhood events have little impact

Answer 1

C). Early childhood experiences have a lasting impact on adult behavior and attitudes, but experiences during other, later, periods of life also play a role.

Step-by-step explanation:

The third statement most adequately displays the perspective that the development of humans has been a recurring, as well as, stratified process. It shows that how the childhood incidents and experiences affect the development of an individual, his personality, behavior, and even his character traits and attitude he carries in life towards things. The importance of later life experiences also play a key role in evolution of a person which not only elaborates but also supports the idea that how humans develop in an arranged and recurrent manner. Hence, option C is the correct answer.