According to Mary Ainsworth's experiment, a child who plays independently, ignoring his mother, whether she remains in the room or leaves him with a stranger, is demonstrating _______ attachment.

Aresistant
Bambivalent
Csecure
Davoidance

Verified Answer :

According to Mary Ainsworth's experiment, a child who plays independently, ignoring his mother, whether she remains in the room or leaves him with a stranger, is demonstrating avoidance attachment. Also, both the mother and the stranger can equally comfort the child.
The answer would be letter D.

Answer:

d. avoidance

Explanation:

Avoidance attachment is demonstrated when the infant plays alone

and more or less ignores the mother—whether she leaves or stays.

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