attachment - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

A team led by Michael Rutter found that disorders of this phenomenon were rare in Romanian-English orphans born during the Ceauşescu (“cho-SHESS-koo”) regime. Harry Harlow (-5[1])studied this phenomenon (10[1]-5[1])in rhesus (10[1])macaques (10[3]-5[1])by (10[1])constructing (-5[1])cloth-and-wire “surrogates,” (10[4]-5[5])which (10[2])inspired (10[1])John Bowlby’s (10[3]-5[3])theory (10[1])of this (10[1])phenomenon. (10[9]-5[3])In an (-5[1])experiment (10[1]-5[1])studying (10[2]-5[2])this phenomenon, (10[3]-5[1])a stranger (-5[1])talked to a parent (10[1]-5[1])before the parent (10[1])left the (10[1])stranger (10[1])with (10[2])their child. (10[7]-5[3])Mary (10[1])Ainsworth’s (10[2]-5[1])“strange (10[1])situation” (10[3]-5[1])experiment (10[1])studied (10[1])this phenomenon, (10[2]-5[2])whose three “styles” (10[1])are “secure,” (10[7]-5[2])“anxious-ambivalent,” (10[6]-5[2])and (10[2])“anxious-avoidant.” (10[12])For (10[1])10 points, (10[2])name this feeling (10[1])that an infant feels toward (10[1])a caregiver. ■END■ (10[20]0[2])

ANSWER: attachment [accept attachment theory; accept attachment styles; accept secure attachment, anxious-avoidant attachment, or anxious-ambivalent attachment; prompt on affection; prompt on familial bonds]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Illinois Blue	23	-5
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA E	26	-5
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Ohio State D	26	10
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech D	28	10
Jason Thieu	Michigan State A	Michigan D	29	10
Ba Loc Dinh	Illinois Urbana	Illinois Orange	29	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	29	10
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Durham B	29	-5
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa A	30	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	Virginia Tech B	31	-5
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Archer Queen	33	-5
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa D	33	-5
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Guelph A	33	10
Marcus Hatfield	WVU B	CWRU D	33	-5
Andrea Owusu	Duke A	UNC B	33	-5
Kaiden Webb	Chicago A	Purdue C	33	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Coho	33	10
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	York	33	-5
Irene Wu	Cornell D	ESF	33	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Michigan C	34	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Georgia Tech B	34	10
James Meek	George Mason A	Maryland C	35	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa B	37	-5
Chris Wang	Toronto B	McMaster B	37	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo B	Toronto A	37	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Rutgers B	37	-5
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Chicago B	37	-5
Minh Nguyen	Cornell B	Cornell A	37	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UCLA F	38	10
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	Rose-Hulman A	40	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	41	-5
March Delfin	UCSD A	Claremont A	41	-5
Diego Monge	Claremont C	Claremont B	41	10
Kara Braun	Michigan State B	Kentucky	41	10
Taylor Smallacombe	VCU A	UNC C	41	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	NYU C	41	10
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	NYU B	41	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Illinois Champaign	41	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Michigan Tech	41	-5
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Pink	41	10
Isabel Dent	Sewanne	Auburn B	41	10
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Cambridge E	41	10
Brandon Wiltse	Washington Chinook	Alberta A	43	-5
Agatha Dahle	WVU A	Michigan B	44	-5
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	George Mason C	44	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	NCSU A	45	10
Rose Phipps	George Mason B	Maryland A	45	-5
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Wisconsin B	45	-5
Will Hoover	RIT A	Binghamton C	45	10
Ty Brennan	Berkeley Mighty Miner	UCSC	47	-5
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida Tech B	47	10
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	Michigan State C	47	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Washington Sockeye	47	10
Brendan Karg	JMU B	William & Mary C	49	-5
Bonham Buchannon	Louisville D	CWRU A	53	-5
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia A	53	10
Laura Bullock	Sheffield A	Edinburgh D	56	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt A	58	10
Eve Gatley	Bristol	Imperial A	59	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	William & Mary A	60	10
Gabrielle Smith	Auburn A	Georgia A	60	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Toronto E	62	-5
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Michigan State D	62	-5
Alma Gazzaniga	UNC B	Duke A	62	10
Mason Lambert	JMU A	Tusculum A	62	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	Liberty C	62	10
Lauren Edgar	Lehigh A	Rowan	62	10
Ethan Skolnick	WashU Grolars	Iowa B	62	10
Tomas Ospina	Alabama A	Clemson C	62	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Cardiff	62	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	LSE	62	-5
Paige Learoyd	McMaster C	Toronto H	63	10
Sam Montgomery	Ottawa C	Carleton B	64	-5
Jeremy Kim	Toronto F	McMaster A	64	10
Susanna Liao	Waterloo A	Toronto G	64	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD B	65	10
Surya Donath	Stanford A	Berkeley Little Prince	66	10
June Miller	Florida A	South Florida A	66	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Tennessee Tech	66	10
Jack Disbury	Durham D	Durham C	66	-5
John Maupin	Chipola College	Montevallo	67	10
Bolun Thompson	UCLA C	UC Irvine	68	10
Maggie Dunn	Michigan B	WVU A	70	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston College B	70	-5
Caleb Slusher	South Carolina A	Auburn C	70	10
Brayden Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Tennessee A	70	-5
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Ohio State C	73	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	McGill E	75	10
Max Kurzman	UNC D	William & Mary B	75	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Johns Hopkins	75	10
Claire Wilson	Lehigh B	Vassar B	75	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Wisconsin A	75	10
Dashiell Helmer	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	75	-5
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Edinburgh C	75	-5
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Binghamton A	75	10
Astrid Kelley	RIT B	Rochester	75	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Mighty Miner	76	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	USC A	76	10
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	ERAU Daytona A	76	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Ohio State B	76	-5
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	British Columbia B	76	-5
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Alberta B	76	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Clemson B	76	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Imperial C	76	10
Nathan Phan	Princeton	Rutgers C	77	10
Saleena Livera	Imperial B	Birmingham	77	10
Chen Nagahawatte	Ottawa B	McGill A	78	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	McGill C	78	10
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	Ottawa C	78	10
Elena Thai	Waterloo C	Brock A	78	10
Miriam Lee	Queen's A	Toronto I	78	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	UCF A	78	10
Julian Thomson-Harris	Vassar A	Penn	78	10
Ruby Eisenberg	Boise State	Arizona State A	78	10
Andrew Heller	Georgia Tech E	Tennessee B	78	10
Harry Fines	York	Durham A	78	10
Taisia Kudimova-Campeanu	Imperial D	Cambridge C	78	10
Nina Bindra	Southampton	Oxford	78	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Columbia B	79	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Arizona State B	81	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Vanderbilt B	81	10
Robert McDonald	Durham C	Durham D	84	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Purdue D	89	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Skeleton King	92	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	92	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCSD A	92	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA B	92	0
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Toronto C	92	10
Pranet Sirikonda	Ohio State B	CWRU B	92	10
Kieran Fake	CWRU D	WVU B	92	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	Louisville D	92	10
Elena Yarrington	Michigan State D	Louisville B	92	10
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	JMU B	92	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	UNC A	92	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Rutgers A	92	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	George Mason B	92	10
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Indiana B	92	0
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Indiana A	92	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Iowa State	92	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin C	92	10
Noah Lang	Wisconsin B	St. Thomas	92	10
Jacob Peitz	Boston College B	Southern Connecticut State University A	92	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Chinook	92	10
Musa Ahmed	Edinburgh C	Edinburgh A	92	10
Yulia Wolczuk	Durham B	Sheffield B	92	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	80%	80.40
UK (South)	UK	8	88%	13%	67.29
Northern California	US	4	100%	75%	81.50
Southern California	US	7	86%	29%	63.33
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	60%	67.80
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	60.67
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	66.75
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	45%	62.55
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	33%	65.67
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	1	100%	0%	79.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	62.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	50%	77.00
Midwest	US	9	89%	22%	51.88
North	US	4	100%	75%	87.75
Northeast	US	1	100%	100%	92.00
Pacific	US	8	100%	25%	62.63
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	60.08
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	53.00