... age, infant become more social. They prefer human company and can distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar people. However they are still easily comforted by anyone and do not show anxiety with strangers. · Discriminate attachment phase: around 7- 24 month, infant begin to show a different sort of protest when particular person puts them down. They show especial joy at reunion with that person. They have formed specific attachment. The infant begins to display stranger anxiety, uneasiness with strangers. (Cardwell et al 2000 p30) After the main attachment is formed, infant also develop a wider circle of attachment depending how many consistent relationship they have. Some psychologists believe that there remains one special attachment figure. There are different types of attachment. In the presence of stranger, the attachment of mother and infant is classified as: (Gross 2005,p 541) · Secure · Anxious/ avoidant · Anxious/ ambivalent According to psychoanalytic accounts, the infant becomes attached to its ...

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