In Her Research on Attachment, Ainsworth Noted ______ Different Styles

question 39

Multiple Choice

In her research on attachment, Ainsworth noted ______ different styles of attachment, and they are called ______.

• A)2; imprinting and bonding
• B)3; easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm-up
• C)3; authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive
• D)3; secure, insecure-avoidant, and insecure-resistant
• E)4; secure, insecure-avoidant, insecure-resistant, and slow-to-warm-up

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Definitions:

Changes In Personality

Alterations in an individual's characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors over time.

Systematic Desensitization

A therapeutic intervention used to reduce fear or anxiety towards a specific object or situation by gradually exposing the patient to the anxiety-producing stimulus.

Flooding

A psychological therapy technique for treating phobias and other stress disorders where the person is exposed to a vast quantity of their source of fear all at once.

Feared Stimuli

Objects, scenarios, or situations that evoke a strong fear response in an individual.