Which of the Following BEST Supports Bowlby's Belief That Attachment

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following BEST supports Bowlby's belief that attachment is a highly evolved system of regulation?

• A) Baby monkeys showed a distinct preference for cloth-covered substitute mothers over wire substitute mothers.
• B) Monkeys that developed attachment relationships with cloth-covered substitute mothers found comfort in the substitute but did not form normal relationships with other monkeys later in life.
• C) Harlow concluded from his studies that "these results attest to the importance-possibly overwhelming importance-of bodily contact and the immediate comfort it supplies in forming the infant's attachment for its mother."
• D) Monkeys demonstrated attachment to their cloth-covered mother after separations of up to a year.

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