Social-emotional development refers to a child's developing capacity to:

A. Experience, manage and express the full range of positive and negative emotions

B. Develop close satisfying relationships with others

C. Actively explore his or her environment and learn

D. All of the above

E. A and B only

D. All of the above

The correct answer is D. All of the above. Social-emotional development refers to a child's developing capacity to experience, manage and express the full range of positive and negative emotions, develop close satisfying relationships with others, as well as actively explore his or her environment and learn.