Question

Georgina, 9 months old, is very attached to her parents. When they take her on a playdate, she clings to her parents and appears particularly distressed when other adults, not her parents, reach out to hold her. Georgina is experiencing:

Answer 1

The correct answer is Stranger anxiety.

Step-by-step explanation:

Stranger anxiety, in psychological terms is defined as a distress that young children experience when they are exposed to a stranger or a person they are not familiarized with, it usually begins at 8 or 9 months of age, this phenomenom is related to the attachements to the parents as they show a stronger preference for them in this months of age. In Geoegina's case she's clearly experiencing this distress caused because of the presence of ohter adults when they try to hold her, therefore she's experiencing Stranger anxiety.