Ray Is Very Attentive and Supportive to His Son Robbie

question 9

Multiple Choice

Ray is very attentive and supportive to his son Robbie when he is sober, but when Ray drinks he often ignores his son and sometimes verbally abuses him. Robbie never knows which way his father will act. If the father is Robbie's primary caregiver, Robbie is likely to develop which attachment style __________.

• A) fearful
• B) secure
• C)anxious/ambivalent
• D) dismissive
• E) defensive

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