One reason that the psychoanalytic perspective is no longer in the mainstream of child development research is because

A) many psychoanalytic ideas, such as ego functioning, are too vague to be tested empirically.
B) psychoanalytic theorists accept the clinical method in which age-related averages represent typical development.
C) modern researchers have demonstrated that personality development does not take place in stages.
D) it failed to consider the early parent–child relationship, which is central to modern theories.

Answer: A

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