In Ainsworth's Strange Situation, we are primarily interested in measuring or assessing __________.
A) an infant's response to the presence of a stranger
B) a mother's behavior in response to an infant's distress
C) an infant's response to separation from and reunion with the mother
D) the infant's response to several people, including his mother and the experimenter

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The Strange Situation is primarily designed to assess the attachment style of infants to their mothers by measuring their response to separation from and reunion with the mother. It also assesses the infant's ability to use the mother as a secure base for exploration and their response to a stranger, but these are ancillary measures.

In Ainsworth's Strange Situation, We Are Primarily Interested in Measuring