Ainsworth has devised a test of attachment that involves the mother and an infant entering a room with toys. Then, a stranger enters, the mother and stranger leave, the stranger returns, and finally the mother returns. The responses of the infant are monitored in this test, which is called the __________ test.

A) Infant Detachment
B) Emotional Attachment
C) Strange Situation
D) Child Abandonment

Strange Situation

A procedure developed in psychology to observe attachment relationships between a caregiver and child through a series of introductions, separations, and reunions.

Attachment

A deep and enduring emotional bond that connects one person to another across time and space.

Mother and Infant

The relationship and bond between a mother and her newborn child, crucial for the child’s emotional and physical development.