Roberto,a Toddler,is Left with a Stranger in a Room When

question 92

Multiple Choice

Roberto,a toddler,is left with a stranger in a room when his mother leaves for a few minutes.He is very upset and difficult to calm in his mother's absence.When his mother returns,he approaches her but later resists by fighting against being held.According to Ainsworth and her colleagues,Roberto most likely belongs to the _____ attached group.

• A)securely
• B)avoidantly
• C)independently
• D)ambivalently

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Definitions:

Conscience

An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

Superego

A component of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality, which represents the ethical or moral self, holding internalized societal norms and ideals.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality responsible for dealing with reality while balancing the demands of the id and superego.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.