Recent Studies Find That a Disorganized Attachment Style Developed in Infancy

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Multiple Choice

Recent studies find that a disorganized attachment style developed in infancy only when infants had the short version of the serotonin transporter gene-five-HTTLPR. This gene-environment interaction only occurred when:

• A) the infants' other-consciousness is poorly developed in the first six months after birth.
• B) mothers were slow or inconsistent in responding to their infants.
• C) maternal nutrition was deficient during the prenatal period.
• D) the infants were temperamentally inclined toward negative affectivity.

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