Equifinality implies that if we know the disorder the child has,______.
A) we can infer the cause
B) we can infer the prior diagnosis
C) we can infer the duration of disturbance
D) we cannot infer the causes because different people can arrive at the same diagnosis by different routes

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Equifinality suggests that different causes can lead to the same disorder, so knowing the disorder alone does not allow us to infer the specific underlying causes.

Equifinality Implies That If We Know the Disorder the Child