Describe how mothers' behavior toward infants in the studies of Ainsworth and others is related to the four patterns of attachment.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Secure attachment: Mothers are sensitive and responsive.
2. Insecure-avoidant attachment: Mothers are either overly intrusive or rejecting of the infant's social overtures.
3. Insecure-ambivalent attachment: Mothers are inconsistent in responding to the infant's social overtures and sometimes do not provide comfort to a distressed infant.
4. Insecure-disorganized attachment: Mothers may have neglected or abused the infant, and the infant may have had a highly negative temperament.
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