One-year-old Peter rarely cries when his mother leaves him with a babysitter. When his mother returns, he seems indifferent and refuses to let her hold him. In the context of the attachment patterns identified by Mary Ainsworth, Peter's pattern of attachment is best classified as
A. avoidant attachment.
B. ambivalent attachment.
C. secure attachment.
D. disorganized-disoriented attachment.
Answer: A
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