Marcella spoke of how her grandmother described her. “Accordingto my grandmother, I was a difficult baby. I never could make up mymind. When she would hold me I would fight her and when she left mealone I would scream and cry. Grandma said that’s why my mothergave me up. Because I was too clingy and fussy and hard to dealwith.â€
Based on this statement please respond to the following:
What does this information tell you about the Marcella’ssocioemotional development? What do her infant behaviors tell youabout her attachment style? What inferences might you make aboutMarcella’s grandmother’s and perhaps her mother’s caregivingstyle?
