Based on the experience of the Romanian children who were institutionalized during the late twentieth century, what might be concluded about attachment?
A) A person's attachment style starts to be set by about 6 months of age.
B) There is no sensitive period for attachment.
C) No matter how impoverished an infant's emotional environment, self-righting will protect the child from permanent psychological damage.
D) As long as children are adopted by 6 years of age, they can overcome any emotional disability that had developed prior to that.

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The experience of the Romanian children who were institutionalized during the late twentieth century suggests that a person's attachment style starts to be set by about 6 months of age, based on the observation that these children showed severe attachment disorders due to lack of consistent care and nurturing during that critical period of development.

Based on the Experience of the Romanian Children Who Were