types of attachment

• secure attachment

  • strong bond child and caregiver
  • separated infant become distressed
  • reunited easily comforted
  • healthy emotional and cognitive development (most this type)
• insecure 


  bond between infant and caregiver weaker. Two types insecure attachment
• insecure-avoidant

  • not become distressed when separated
  • comforted by a stranger
  • children who avoid social interaction and intimacy
• insecure-resistant

  • uneasy around their caregiver
  • becomes upset if separated
  • comfort not given by strangers
  • comfort often resisted by caregiver
  • both accept and reject social interaction