The Text Describes a Study in Which Mothers of Irritable

question 120

Multiple Choice

The text describes a study in which mothers of irritable infants were taught how to be more sensitive to their infants. When infants whose mothers were trained were compared to infants in a control group, the intervention group demonstrated _____ rates of secure attachment in infancy and/but _____ rates of secure attachment when the children were of preschool age.

• A) similar; similar
• B) similar; higher
• C) higher; similar
• D) higher; higher

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