Adoptive Parents May Well Develop Close Emotional Ties to Their

question 99

Multiple Choice

Adoptive parents may well develop close emotional ties to their adopted children even if no contact was possible during the neonatal period because

• A) attachments develop gradually from weeks and months of interaction
• B) no child is allowed to be adopted unless he or she is socially responsive, and hence, likely to be loved
• C) both of these
• D) none of these; most adoptive parents do not form close attachments to adopted children

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