Recent Research on the Effect of Maternal Employment on Infants

question 3

Multiple Choice

Recent research on the effect of maternal employment on infants' cognitive development found that

• A) infants had lower levels of cognitive development and were less compliant if their mothers worked at all during the babies' first five years.
• B) there were no differences, except that teachers rated the children of employed mothers as having higher achievement motivation and fewer internalizing problems.
• C) infants of mothers who were employed had lowers levels of cognitive development, were less complaint, and were less securely attached.
• D) infants from middle-class families were less social and had lower levels of cognitive development if their mothers worked.

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