Spitz identified an almost irreversible and deathly syndrome in children who were separated from their mothers or other significant caregivers for periods longer than 5 months during their first year of life and called it
a. attachment anxiety. c. institutionalism.
b. insecure-resistant attachment. d. hospitalism.
Question 2
Spitz's studies showed that staff-reared infants
a. showed significant signs of impairment for all aspects of psychological development.
b. showed about the same levels of development as mother-raised infants.
c. showed lower mortality rates than mother-raised infants.
d. showed slightly less levels of cognitive development than mother-raised infants.