A child starts to cry when his grandmother takes him from his mother's lap. The child cries due to :

Options

A. separation anxiety
B. social anxiety
C. emotional anxiety
D. strange anxiety

Answer

C

Explanation

Infants develop the ability to discriminate familiar from unfamiliar people. Sometimes, they may cry or otherwise become distressed when preferred caregivers leave the room or go away from them. This is referred as separation anxiety or emotional anxiety.