Types of attachment

Question 1

Describe a secure attachment

Answer 1

Strong bond between child and caregiver

Distress during separation, but comfort during reunion

Healthy cognitive and emotional development

Question 2

Define insecure avoidant attachment

Answer 2

Not distressed during separation

Can be comforted by stranger

Avoid social interactions and intimacy later

Question 3

Define insecure resistant attachment

Answer 3

Very distressed upon separation, comfort is resisted from the caregiver

Question 4

In Van Ijenzdoorn’s study, what was the most dominant type of insecure attachment in western cultures?

Answer 4

avoidant (germany)

Question 5

In VI study, what was the most dominant type of insecure attachment outside of the west?

Answer 5

ressistant (highest in japan)