Myra,age 9 months,crawls away from her mother while visiting a friend's home.Myra periodically looks back to see that her mother is there and then ventures out a little further into the new environment.According to attachment theorists,Myra is displaying

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Myra's behavior of periodically looking back at her mother for reassurance and exploring the environment further while being aware of her mother's presence is typical of secure attachment. Children with secure attachment use their caregivers as a secure base from which to explore the world around them. Anxious attachment involves a child being overly clingy to their caregiver and resistant attachment involves the child actively avoiding their caregiver. Ambivalent attachment is a rare pattern of attachment in which a child displays a mixture of clingy behavior and rejecting behavior towards their caregiver. None of these patterns match Myra's behavior.

Myra,age 9 Months,crawls Away from Her Mother While Visiting a Friend's