A study of children who were transferred between birth and 3½ years from extremely deprived Romanian orphanages to adoptive families in Great Britain found that
A) the longer the children spent in orphanage care, the higher their mental test scores during middle childhood and adolescence.
B) most children were impaired in all domains of development, but those who were adopted before 6 months of age showed impressive cognitive catch-up.
C) children who experienced adequate early nutrition were not negatively affected by early orphanage rearing.
D) serious mental health problems only appeared in those children who spent more than 2 years in an orphanage.
Answer: B
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