Rebecca takes her 1-year-old son, Adam, to visit an infant-toddler program in which she hopes to enroll him. Adam appears very anxious and is unwilling to explore and play with the toys, even though Rebecca is close by. When Rebecca leaves the room to fill out some forms, Adam becomes extremely upset and remains inconsolable. When Rebecca returns, Adam stays close to her, holding on to her leg. However, Adam makes it very clear he does not want her to touch him or pick him up. He kicks and hits her every time she tries to hold him. In the context of the findings of the Ainsworth strange situation experiment, which term best describes Adam's attachment style?
A. Ambivalent
B. Patriarchal
C. Avoidant
D. Secure
Answer: A
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a. build the team's confidence by setting goals that are not challenging and easy to attain. b. urge each team member to try to do his or her best. c. set specific, challenging, and reachable goals for the team. d. avoid giving the team any particular goals to minimize the pressure on the team.
Bobby is often mean to younger children at school by taunting, teasing, and pushing them. However, when an older boy taunts, teases, and pushes Bobby, he rarely retaliates. It is most likely that Bobby is a(n)
a. aggressive-rejected child. b. bully-victim. c. empathic individual. d. physically immature child.
In order to bring about change in a client, Kelly relied primarily on:
a. free association b. fixed-role therapy c. transference d. dream analysis
The genotype for schizophrenia probably
a. contains the biochemical code for schizophrenia. b. predisposes some people to become susceptible to the disorder. c. causes a person to develop the symptoms of schizophrenia. d. is closely related to the genotype for the anxiety disorders. e. emerged early in human evolution.