How Does Placement in Daycare Affect Attachment

question 41

Multiple Choice

How does placement in daycare affect attachment?

• A) Most children in daycare are insecurely attached to their mothers.
• B) It depends greatly upon the type of daycare facility.
• C) It affects attachment bonds of boys more so than girls.
• D) Regardless of use of daycare, most children are securely attached.

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

A tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence.

Framing Effect

A cognitive bias where people react differently to a particular choice or situation depending on how it is presented, or "framed."

Heuristics

Simplified strategies or mental shortcuts used to make decisions or solve problems quickly.

Fixations

Persistent focusing of psychological energy on a particular stage of psychosexual development, according to Freudian theory.