In the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, where specially trained social workers provided foster parents with counseling and support,
A) the foster-care group moved ahead of never-institutionalized agemates living with Bucharest families.
B) the foster-care group exceeded the institutional-care group in intelligence test scores, language skills, and emotional responsiveness.
C) earlier foster placement did not improve the scores of the foster-care group on any measure.
D) the EEG and ERP assessments of brain activity were substantially the same for the foster-care group and the institutional-care group.
B
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