Jeffrey is an infant who has a mother that smiles at him often, plays with him, but doesn't pick him up when he cries. When he is sleepy, she tries to get him to stay awake to read books. When he is sad, she tries to make him laugh. Jeffrey most likely has developed a(n) __________ attachment.
A) anxious avoidant
B) disorganized/disoriented
C) anxious ambivalent
D) resistant

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Jeffrey's mother's behavior suggests that she is inconsistently responsive to his needs, which is typical of mothers of infants with anxious-ambivalent attachments. This type of attachment is characterized by the infant being clingy and distressed when the mother leaves, but simultaneously angry and rejecting when she returns.

Jeffrey Is an Infant Who Has a Mother That Smiles