Studies That Compared Attachment in Infants Who Attended Day Care

question 424

Multiple Choice

Studies that compared attachment in infants who attended day care with attachment in infants who were cared for by a parent at home showed that:

• A) most of the infants in both groups were securely attached.
• B) most of the infants in day care were insecurely attached.
• C) the proportion of infants in day care who were insecurely attached was four times that of infants who were cared for by a parent at home.
• D) infants in day care were securely attached to their caregivers at the day care facility but were insecurely attached to their parents.

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