In designing the Strange Situation, Mary Ainsworth and her colleagues reasoned that securely attached infants and toddlers ________.

A. should use the parent as a secure base from which to explore an unfamiliar setting
B. are just as easily comforted by an unfamiliar adult as by a parent
C. combine anger and clinginess when reunited with a parent who has left the room for a time
D. do not show distress when the parent leaves the room


Answer: A

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