Attachment disorders

Question 1

secure attachment

Answer 1

Visibly upset when caregivers leave and are happy with the return
Are able to separate form parent
Seek comfort from parents when frightened
Greets return of parents with positive emotions
Prefers parents to stranger
Confident with attachment figure

Question 2

disorganized attachment?

Answer 2

At age 1:
Show a mixture of avoidant and resistant behavior
May seem dazed, confused, or apprehensive

At age 6:
May take on a parental role
Some children may act as a caregiver toward the parent

Question 3

anxious avoidant attachment

Answer 3

May avoid parents
Do not seek much contact or comfort from parents
Show little or no preference for parents over strangers
Do not orientate to their attachment figure while investigating the environment
Very independent
Do not seek contact with the attachment figure when distressed

Question 4

ambivalent attachment

Answer 4

Extremely suspicious/wary of strangers
Become greatly distressed when parents leave
Do no appear comforted when parents return
Exhibit clingy and dependent behavior but will be rejecting of the attachment figure when they engage in interaction
Fails to develop any feelings of security from attachment figure

Question 5

Reactive attachment disorder

Answer 5

Avoids eye contact
Doesn’t smile
Doesn’t reach out to be picked up
Rejects your efforts to calm, soothe and connect
Doesn’t seem to notice or care when you leave them alone
Cries inconsolably
Doesn’t coo or make sounds
Doesn’t follow you with his or her eyes
Isn’t interested in playing interactive games or playing with toys
Spend a lot of time rocking or comforting themselves
Early symptoms of insecure attachment are similar to ADHD and autism

Question 6

Easy temperament

Answer 6

Regularity of eating, sleeping, toileting Regular
Degree of energy movement
Ease of approaching new people and situations Positive
Degree of affect when pleased, displeased, happy, sad Low to moderate
Degree of positive or negative effect Positive

Question 7

difficult temperament

Answer 7

Regularity of eating, sleeping, toileting - irregular
Degree of energy movement - high
Ease of approaching new people and situations - negative
Degree of affect when pleased, displeased, happy, sad - high
Degree of positive or negative effect - negative

Question 8

slow to start temperament

Answer 8

Regularity of eating, sleeping, toileting -
Degree of energy movement - low
Ease of approaching new people and situations - negative
Degree of affect when pleased, displeased, happy, sad - low
Degree of positive or negative effect