Rhonda is 5 years old. Her mother comes into the room crying. Rhonda's emotional understanding at this age:
a. would allow her to understand and question why her mother is upset.
b. Would allow her to understand and question why her mother is upset and assume how her mother may act on these feelings.
c. Would allow her to understand and question why her mother is upset, assume how her mother may act on these feelings, and would have Rhonda exert some control over her own emotional reaction to seeing her mother cry.
d. Rhonda would not have the capacity for understanding her mother's expressed emotions at this age.
C. Five-year-olds can understand the emotional source, can understand subsequent actions, and can control their own emotions.
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