After the death of her grandmother, six-year-old Janie was reluctant to get out of the car when her mother dropped her off at school, refused to go over to her best friend's house to play, and tended to cling to her parents after school and on the weekends. Janie appears to be showing signs of

a. inappropriate social referencing.
b. an insecure-avoidant attachment.
c. separation anxiety disorder.
d. abnormal imprinting.


C

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