Three-Year-Old Reggie Is Playing in His Yard and Feels Frightened

Multiple Choice

Three-year-old Reggie is playing in his yard and feels frightened when he hears a dog bark on the other side of the fence. He runs to his mother, who is sitting in a chair reading the paper. Reggie wants to get in her lap and be comforted but she holds Reggie "at arms' length"and tells him to be a "big boy" and go play. Reggie is left to comfort himself. The next time Reggie is frightened, he suppresses his desire to run to his mother to be comforted. Ainsworth would describe Reggie as having a(n) :

A) secure attachment style.
B) dependent attachment style.
C) avoidant attachment style.
D) ambivalent attachment style.