Western Ideals of Mother-Infant Bonding Would Be Maladaptive in the Brazilian

question 76

Multiple Choice

Western ideals of mother-infant bonding would be maladaptive in the Brazilian shantytowns studied by Nancy Scheper-Hughes in that

• A)women would refuse not to work in factories that provide the main source of income for shantytown families
• B)if women developed strong bonds with newborn infants they would suffer untold amounts of grief given the high rates of infant mortality
• C)too much physical contact with infants lead to children and adults that are too autonomous,a trait that would hinder group survival in shantytowns
• D)the high-fertility rates common in shantytowns leaves women with little time to bond with their infant children
• E)women suffer less grief by never bonding with their children as high mortality rates would lead to untold grief in mothers were they to bond with infants and children prior to their reaching the age of adolescence

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