According to Mary Ainsworth, the quality of attachment is revealed by
A)the goodness-of-fit between a baby's temperament and their parents' temperaments.
B)a baby's vocalization toward their parents and their use of social referencing.
C)how babies act when their mothers leave them alone and then return a short time later.
D)how much the child clings to the parent when they are in need of comfort.

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Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation experiment revealed the quality of attachment by observing how babies react when their mothers leave them alone and then return a short time later. This method was used to classify the attachment style of the infant as secure, insecure-avoidant, or insecure-ambivalent/resistant.

According to Mary Ainsworth, the Quality of Attachment Is Revealed