Psychology A-Level
Secure, insecure-avoidant and insecure-resistant types
What Secure, insecure-avoidant and insecure-resistant types means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Secure explores and is easily comforted, insecure-avoidant shows little distress and ignores the carer on return, insecure-resistant is distressed and seeks then rejects comfort.
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