Which of the following represents the best summary of the current research on child care?
a. Children who have been in child-care programs show consistently better social skills than children cared for primarily at home.
b. Children in child-care programs show advanced cognitive development, but they are much less likely to show secure attachment to their mothers than children cared for at home.
c. Although attachment seems to be unaffected by child-care programs, cognitive development can be delayed due to the lack of individual attention.
d. Many factors—such as quality of program and the families' economic background—seem to influence the effects of child-care programs on children.
D
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A. The workforce at most prisons is not organized into unions. B. Unions usually put the goals of the institution above the needs of individual officers. C. Researchers see unions as being resistant to attempts to discipline officers engaging in misconduct. D. Unions encourage their members to report instances of misconduct, for the good of the overall workforce.
Troy signed up for a new intramural sports league in his neighborhood playing a game he had never heard of before called "quidditch." On the first day of practice, if Troy was unable to use his crystallized intelligence what would be likely to occur?
A. He will be unable to learn the rules of the game. B. He will be unable to catch the balls thrown his way. C. He will be unable to speak to the other teammates. D. He will be unable to throw balls in the correct direction.