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Ainsworth's Theory Of Attachment

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Attachment is when a child has an emotional positive bond with another person. Attachment optimistically encourages emotional, social or cognitive development. In addition, attachment is important when trying to cope with stressful situations and can help form stable relationships. Attachment reflects a dynamic interplay between an infant and their caregiver because we are pre-wired to respond through observation of our caregivers signals such as smiling, crying, clinging and reinforcement through development. Most importantly, the process of imprinting behavior proposes that infant‘s can distinguish between the parent and others. According to Ainsworth’s strange situation, children seem to associate their mothers as a stress reliever and
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