Why Is Bowlby Called Clear-Cut Attachment

You can look at Antonio’s behavior and attachment to his mother through the lens of John Bowlby’s theory of attachment and Margaret Mahler’s Theory of Separation-Individuation.
Bowlby’s theory of attachment suggests that children instinctually form attachments with others to help them survive. Overtime children learn to depend on the caregiver and recognize that they will be there to comfort them and keep them safe. Attachment behaviors develop to protect against situations that threaten the closeness of those attachments. Bowlby suggested that infants and mothers have a biological need to stay in contact with each other so the child would have a secure base for exploring the world.
Antonio has what Bowlby called Clear-cut attachment (which