It's not just adults who have a thing or two to discuss with other people, babies too have their own social lives and enjoy group interaction, according to a world-first study.
The breakthrough study conducted by psychologist Professor Ben Bradley, at Charles Sturt University, could completely transform the way child-care centers are set up. In their study, the researchers examined groups of nine-month-old babies in new South Wales and Britain.
And they came across astonishing results—it was found that infants had “social brains” and focused not just on their mothers but on social 1ife in groups as well,
“They communicate with more than one baby at once，and show jealousy and generousness，”said Professor Bradley．
He added，“They develop their own meanings through group interaction，they notice if a group member is behaving differently and they take on roles，such as leaders and followers．”
“A baby who has a depressed mother tends to be withdrawn(內(nèi)向的)，but put that same baby in a group of its peers(同齡人)and they behave and interact like any other baby．”
It was the first all-baby group study ever to be conducted．“Most studies of babies concentrate on the infant-mother relationship，assuming that is the single foundation for mental health．but babies are constantly involved with groups of people other than their mothers：fathers，siblings，grandparents and those taking care．Therefore。the ‘mother-baby approach’ needs to be combined with a‘ group approach’．”said Bradley．
Phoebe Christison ，a child-care worker at Camperdown Sunshine Bubs in Sydney’s inner west．said she often noticed what appeared．to be emotional attachments developed between toddlers．
She said，“Joel(10 months)and Isabella (11months)always like to hold hands when they sit in their high chairs and eat．And babies definitely show jealousy．They push and touch each other，and copy what the other is doing．”
小題1:A baby who has a depressed mother ____  ．
A．tends to be a follower
B．a(chǎn)lso enjoys group interaction
C．has poor social ability
D．pays more attention to its mother
小題2:What can be inferred from the result of this study?
A．Babies are affected by groups more than by their mothers．
B．There’s no need of child-care centers at a11．
C． Adults should include babies when having social activities．
D．The normal infant-mother bond alone isn’t enough for the good mental health for babies．
小題3:The underlined word “toddlers” in Para．8 can be replaced by_________
A．a(chǎn)dultsB．infantsC．peersD．groups
小題4:The example given in the last paragraph proves that a baby________ .
A．is born to be friendly to other babies
B．has interest in peers as well as in its mother
C．may have emotional attachments to another baby
D．shows jealousy and generousness as an adult

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C

試題分析：本文講述了在孩子的精神健康方面，影響的因素較多，不僅僅是母親和嬰兒之間。
小題1:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第6段A baby who has a depressed mother tends to be withdrawn(內(nèi)向的)，but put that same baby in a group of its peers(同齡人)and they behave and interact like any other baby．說明這樣的孩子在同齡人里他們的行為也會很外向，故B正確。
小題2:D 推斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段“Most studies of babies concentrate on the infant-mother relationship，assuming that is the single foundation for mental health．but babies are constantly involved with groups of people other than their mothers：fathers，siblings，grandparents and those taking care．Therefore。the ‘mother-baby approach’ needs to be combined with a‘ group approach’說明這樣的單獨的研究孩子和母親的關(guān)系是不完全的，各種聯(lián)系都對孩子的精神健康有好處。故D正確。
小題3:B 推理題。根據(jù)本句she often noticed what appeared．to be emotional attachments developed between toddlers．這個人又是護理中心的人，那么她注意到的小孩之間的情感聯(lián)系，故B正確。
小題4:C 推理題。在最后一段中列舉了Joel(10 months)and Isabella (11months)的例子就是為了證明to be emotional attachments developed between toddlers．孩子們之間的情感聯(lián)系。故C正確。
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