Parent experiment reveals four attachment styles

According to attachment theory, developed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth, there are four different attachment styles: secure, anxious, fearful-avoidant, and dismissive-avoidant. These styles are shaped by a child’s early interactions with their primary caregiver, which is the person who was responsible for tuning into and taking care of the child’s emotional needs. When we get into a deep relationship with someone, these implicit memories from our early experiences are projected onto the rela