Your best friend had her baby three months ago. After visiting with them on a couple of occasions it appears to you that her infant seems sad. You remember from your developmental course that infants can be sad. What else do you suspect?
a. Your friend's marriage is not going well.
b. Your friend is likely depressed.
c. You are probably mistaken about your friend's infant.
d. The sadness is just a temporary phase that all infants pass through.
B. You suspect your friend may be depressed. Sadness is relatively rare in the first year of life, except for infants with depressed mothers. When mothers are depressed, by 2–3 months old infants, too, show facial expressions of sadness.
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a. the father b. the mother c. the primary attachment figure d. the siblings
Complications of prenatal development and delivery are more likely to result in
a. depression. b. anxiety disorder. c. obsessive-compulsive disorder. d. early-onset schizophrenia. e. agoraphobia.