Japanese Infants Are More Likely to Become Highly Distressed During

Multiple Choice

Japanese infants are more likely to become highly distressed during the Strange Situation, and also show higher rates of insecure resistance. This is most likely because ______.

A) in Japanese culture, infants are expected not to cry; therefore, the parents respond negatively to the infants after separation when they are most likely to cry
B) Japanese infants are more inherently distressed
C) in Japanese culture, child-rearing practices foster mother-infant closeness and physical intimacy that leaves infants unprepared for the separation episodes
D) Japanese infants are not accustomed to meeting strangers