Joey Just Turned One-Year Old

question 40

Multiple Choice

Joey just turned one-year old.He gets very upset and distressed when his parents leave the room, but then he seems angry when they return (sometimes he even rejects them when they return) .Joey's attachment style to his parents is most likely:

• A) Secure attachment
• B) Anxious avoidant insecure attachment
• C) Disorganized attachment
• D) Anxious ambivalent insecure attachment

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Definitions:

Membrane Depolarization

The process by which a cell's membrane potential becomes less negative (or more positive), often leading to the initiation of an action potential in neurons.

Hyperpolarization

An increase in a cell's membrane potential, making it more negative and less likely to initiate an action potential.

Degradation

The process of breaking down or decomposing substances into simpler forms, as in the breakdown of proteins into amino acids.

Synaptic Cleft

A gap between two nerve cells where neurotransmitters are released from the presynaptic neuron to send signals to the postsynaptic neuron.