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QuestionChoice
Securely attached children are likely to have better educational attainment compared to insecurely attached children. This child has an insecure attachment, so this option is incorrect.
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d
Good educational attainment
QuestionChoice
This child is likely to have an insecure attachment. Insecurely attached children are likely to have a negative “Internal Working Model” which reduces their ability to form good social relationships.
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a
Emotional and social incompetence
QuestionChoice
This child is unlikely to have formed a secure attachment style as his attachment behaviours have developed outside the critical period of 0 to 2 ½ years. Children with insecure attachment styles typically struggle to handle grief as they become older.
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b
Better able to deal with grief
QuestionChoice
Securely attached children are likely to become better parents compared to insecurely attached children. This is due to them forming a positive “Internal Working Model” in their first prime attachment (i.e. to their caregiver). The “Internal Working Model” forms a template for all future relationships including parental and romantic relationships. This child is likely to have a negative “Internal Working Model” due to his insecure attachment, so this option is incorrect.
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c
Likely to be a better parent
QuestionChoice
Securely attached children are more likely to have a positive outlook on life than insecurely attached children. This results in lower rates of depression and anger in childhood and more feelings of happiness. This child has an insecure attachment, so this option is incorrect.
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e
Likely to be more optimistic
Concept
Chapter
2693
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Attachment
Topic
184
Ethics and Law
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A 6-year-old boy is taken to see the GP by his adopted mother.

His birth mother left him at an orphanage at the age of 2 months. He was eventually adopted at age 5 after experiencing a difficult early childhood.

Which behavioural trait is he most likely to develop as he gets older?
a