Caregiver sensitivity hypothesis

• Child’s attachment type depends on mothers behaviour towards them
• ‘Sensitive mothers are responsive to the child’s needs and feelings correctly and they are more likely to have securely attached children
• Mothers who are less sensitive towards their child and respond to their child’s needs incorrectly or who are impatient or who ignore them are likely to have insecurely attached children , the child comes to believe that communication of needs had no influence on the mother/ father