The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

question 161

Multiple Choice

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has conducted the most comprehensive research project to date on the effects of out-of-home care on development. They have found that children attending high quality out-of-home care:

• A) had a slight delay in cognitive development
• B) were more insecurely attached
• C) were not appreciably different in terms of attachment, or social and cognitive development
• D) were more sociable than stay-at-home children

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