The Longitudinal Study Conducted by the National Institute of Child

question 33

Multiple Choice

The longitudinal study conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in 1991 concluded that

• A) a majority of the child care in the first three years of life was of very high quality.
• B) a child in child care, regardless of the quality, will be more socially incompetent.
• C) the home environment is the most important predictor of attachment to caregivers.
• D) children who were given high-quality child care performed better on cognitive and language tasks.

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Definitions:

Group Development

The process through which a group evolves over time, including stages of forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning.

Loss Of Individuality

A social process in which individual group members lose self-awareness and its accompanying sense of accountability, inhibition, and responsibility for individual behavior.

Reprehensible Acts

Actions or behaviors that are considered morally wrong, deserving of criticism or condemnation.

Levels Of Cohesion

The degrees or stages of unity and solidarity within a group or team, affecting its performance and member satisfaction.