According to Ainsworth, an Affectional Bond Is Defined as

question 60

Multiple Choice

According to Ainsworth, an affectional bond is defined as

• A) a relatively long-enduring tie in which the partner is important as a unique individual and not interchangeable with another person.
• B) a subvariety of emotional bond in which a person's sense of security is bound up in the relationship.
• C) all those behaviors that allow a child or adult to achieve and retain proximity to someone else to whom she is attached.
• D) the newborn infant's emotional connection to the mother.
• E) a horizontal relationship that provides reciprocity.

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