Question 1
Which of these statements is most accurate about attachment?
◦ Seventy percent of infants around the world are securely attached to their caregivers.
◦ Fifty-six percent of infants around the world are securely attached to their caregivers.
◦ Seventy percent of American infants are securely attached; in some other countries, this figure is lower.
◦ Fifty-six percent of infants around the world are securely attached to their caregivers; in some countries, this figure is higher.
Question 2
Which of the following is an accurate statement about cultural variations in infant attachment processes?
◦ Attachment behaviors of parents are almost identical across cultures, except for feeding and holding practices.
◦ Each culture has a unique cluster of parent behaviors which foster attachment. Attachment behaviors of one culture may not lead to attachment in another.
◦ Parents of Western societies perform a distinct set of behaviors which lead to attachment. Parents of more collective societies implement a separate set of parenting behaviors.
◦ A universal set of parent responses to infants - feeding or holding, for example - lead to attachment across cultures.
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