#ER-2; Same but Different
The attachment system is a closeness -seeking system that transformed to ensure the survival of the human infant. I would say it operates like your home heating and cooling system: if everything is fine you don’t see the system operate, but when things start to malfunction, the heating or cooling system activates. Likewise, when a person feels threatened, the attachment system activates, provoking attachment behaviors. Attachment behaviors are closeness-seeking behaviors that draw the person closer to a preferred caregiver. The closeness creates or renews or recreates a secure base—a sense of safety, security, and comfort from which the person, once settled, can begin to explore the world. Patterns develop in the way that they care for the infant and child experience. Several patterns of attachment can develop. · Secure · Ambivalent · ...