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Question 15

Ainsworth used the 'strange situation' procedure to investigate attachment types between infants and their primary caregivers.

Describe the behaviour of the Type C (insecure-resistant/ambivalent) attachment type as defined by Ainsworth.

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84 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Bowlby's work on attachment, Ainsworth and the Strange Situation, Research into deprivation, Research into privation, Research into day care, Cross-cultural research into attachment, Autism, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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