You Work in a Day Care in a Multicultural Area

question 18

Multiple Choice

You work in a day care in a multicultural area. In the infant group, there are both European American babies and Chinese American babies. Which babies do you expect will be better at soothing themselves?

• A) Both are equally able to soothe themselves.
• B) The European American babies
• C) The Chinese American babies
• D) Neither are able to soothe themselves unless you swaddle them.

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