Sagi and His Colleagues Suspected That High Rates of Insecure

question 125

Multiple Choice

Sagi and his colleagues suspected that high rates of insecure attachment among children raised in Israeli kibbutzim were caused by:

• A) cultural beliefs that sensitive caregiving was not important for development.
• B) children spending their days in the kibbutzim and returning to sleep in their parents' home at night.
• C) difficulties experienced by communal caretakers in responding to the needs of the many children in their care.
• D) disagreements between the parents and the communal caretakers.

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