... is positive; the infant evidently enjoys being with his mother and interacting with her. From birth on he start to get used to her, voice even her smell. As the infant gets older and acquires some locomotors control, he will do whatever he can to be in the adults company. According to the bolwby, attachment seeking has a second, more negative cause. This is a built in fear of the unknown and unfamiliar, he would want someone he or she could trust in. In the real world the likely person would be his mother because she has been around throughout the infant's life. The strange situation is used to classify the baby's basic attachment to the mother into three main types: anxious-avoidant, securely attached and anxious resistant. The crucial feature determining the quality of attachment is the mother's sensitivity. Bolwby suggest that such a built in fear of the unfamiliar has a ...

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