Recent Studies Find That a Disorganized Attachment Style Developed in Infancy

question 84

Multiple Choice

Recent studies find that a disorganized attachment style developed in infancy only when infants had the short version of the serotonin transporter gene-5-HTTLPR.This gene-environment interaction only occurred when:

• A)the infants' other-consciousness is poorly developed in the first six months after birth.
• B)mothers showed a low level of responsiveness toward their infants.
• C)maternal nutrition was deficient during the prenatal period.
• D)the infants were temperamentally inclined toward negative affectivity.