Over Time, the Massive Trauma of Persistent Abuse Seems to

Multiple Choice

Over time, the massive trauma of persistent abuse seems to

A) drive most abused children to report the abuse eventually.
B) blunt children's normal physiological response to stress.
C) provoke a counter-reaction in children in which their empathy and tendency to act as mediator grow.
D) diminish, making adults who were abused as children similar in psychological responses to those not abused.