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According to research investigating the effects of child-care programs on children's cognitive development
 
  a. children in child-care programs are much slower to develop cognitive skills than children of the same age who remain at home.
  b. children in child-care programs generally are slower in language development than children who stay at home; however, the children in child-care programs dramatically improve and catch up by the time they finish kindergarten.
  c. middle-class children who have been in child-care programs are similar to home-care children, in terms of their cognitive development.
  d. there are no observable differences in the cognitive development of children in child-care programs and those cared for at home.

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Reviews of the research on employed mothers conclude that
 
  a. children of employed mothers are less likely to be emotionally close to their mothers than children whose mothers do not work outside the home.
  b. children of employed mothers tend to be more gender-stereotyped than children whose mothers do not work outside the home.
  c. children's cognitive development is significantly more advanced when children are cared for by their mother.
  d. in general, children who are cared for by their mothers are similar in their cognitive and social skills to children who are cared for in a child-care center.



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Answer to Question 1

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