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Kara takes her one-year-old son, delaney, to visit a daycare center where she plans to enroll him. delaney appears very anxious and is unwilling to explore the playroom, even though kara is close by. when his mom leaves the room to fill out some forms, delaney becomes extremely upset. when kara returns, he clings to her leg but does not calm down and continues to sob. this is the type of interaction you might observe between a child and a parent who​

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The correct answer is have an anxious-ambivalent attachment relationship.

According to the attachment theory in developmental psychology, children display different styles of attachments to their parents or primary caretakers, one of which is known as anxious-ambivalent attachment style. This style of attachment is characterized by feelings of anxiety and distress in children when they are separated from their parents, and a lack of reassurance and contentment when their parent is reunited with them.
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