According to (Ainsworth, 1970), ambivalently attached children they show signs of intense distress when their mother leaves. Child approaches mother, but resists contact, may even push her away. In general, a child with an anxious-resistant attachment style will typically explore and is often wary of strangers, even when the parent is present. When the mother departs, the child is often highly distressed. The child is generally ambivalent when she returns. The Anxious-Ambivalent strategy is a response to unpredictably responsive care giving, and the displays of anger or helplessness towards the caregiver on reunion can be regarded as a conditional strategy for maintaining the availability of the caregiver by pre-emptively taking control of
