What did the research examining the concept of bonding in humans discover?

a. that bonding is critically important to infant's development
b. that only good mothers can bond with their infants
c. that fathers cannot bond with their infants
d. that not bonding immediately with a caregiver does not cause developmental problems later in life for infants


D. Humans are not at risk for later emotional and social problems if they do not bond with a caregiver in the first minutes, hours, or days after birth. The concept of human bonding did have the unintended positive effect of inspiring hospitals to reexamine their policies of separating mother and child immediately after birth.

Psychology

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a. True b. False

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