1. A) The baby is playing happily when the mother is present.

B) The moment the mother left, the baby starts crying and calls out for the mother. She
has no interest in the toys and more interested in the mother.

C) But when she returns to the room, on seeing the mother she stops crying and calms
down by the comfort/contact with her mother and later she gets back to playing with the
toys.

2. A) The baby is crawling towards the door and is crying calling out for the mother.

B) The baby puts his hands down to his face and has a sad expression and his face is also
down. Even when the mother picks him up his face is down, and arms are out.

C) When he’s sitting on the mother’s lap, he’s still the same. Basically, he’s avoidant and
not engaging with the mother.

D) the reunion is not effective. Her absence was a problem so her return should have her
solution but that was not the case.

3. A) The baby is playing around her mother happily but when the mother leaves and then
comes back they are reunited but he is still crying when he is in contact with his mother

B) He is still upset and would not calm down. A toy is offered to him to distract him or
amuse him, but he slaps away the toy. The mother offers him the toy again and he slaps it
away again.

C) The kid is being difficult because in the past when he sought comfort from his mother,
she would have been inconsistent as to whether she is available or responsive or not.

4. The infants securely become attached to their mothers because they are sensitive and
responsive to their signals. The accept their roles as caregivers and are accessible and
cooperative with infants. They are also not distracted with their own thoughts and needs
and feels a sense of efficacy. Mothers of securely attached infants regularly provide
stimulation to their infants, provide warmth, and cater their interactions to their infants'
needs.

5. The reason for insecure-avoidant attachment is because of parental rejection. It’s because
of inconsistent and unresponsive parenting from the mother’s side. Infants who have been
abused or raised in poor caregiving environments are more likely to have a disorganized
attachment, and it is associated with fear of the world. Even though insecure attachment
responses may seem suboptimal, they may be adaptive responses to poor caregiving
environments. For example, avoiding an insecure-avoidant attachment, for instance, may
be a good strategy for infants without a supportive parent.