Ainsworth and Bell (1970): The Strange Situation

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A-Levels (Unit 1 Attachment and early social development) Psychology A-Level AQA A Mapa Mental sobre Ainsworth and Bell (1970): The Strange Situation, creado por moeingthelawn el 09/05/2014.
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Ainsworth and Bell (1970): The Strange Situation
  1. AIM
    1. To produce a method for assessing quality of attachment
      1. Place infant in a situation of mild stress (to encourage infant to seek comfort) and of novelty (to encourage exploration)
        1. Comfort seeking and exploration behaviours are indicators of quality of attachment
      2. PROCEDURES
        1. 100 middle-class American infants and their mothers
          1. Observed behaviour of infants and their mothers during set of predetermined activities
            1. Separation anxiety
              1. Stranger anxiety
                1. Reunion behaviour
                  1. Infant's willingness to explore
                2. FINDINGS
                  1. Infants can be classified into three broad groups
                    1. Securely attached (type B)
                      1. Explored the unfamiliar room
                        1. Subdued when mother left room but greeted her positively upon return
                          1. Mothers were sensitive
                            1. 66% of infants
                            2. Avoidant-insecure (type A)
                              1. Did not use mother as secure base when exploring the room
                                1. Were not concerned about mother's absence
                                  1. Showed little interest when mother returned
                                    1. 22% of infants
                                      1. Mothers sometimes ignored infants
                                      2. Resistant-insecure (type C)
                                        1. Showed intense distress when mother left room
                                          1. Rejected mother when she returned
                                            1. 12% of infants
                                              1. Mothers behaved ambivalently
                                          2. CONCLUSIONS
                                            1. There are significant individual differences between infants
                                              1. Most of the North American children observed were securely attached
                                                1. There appears to be an association between mothers' behaviour and infants' attachment type
                                                  1. Suggests that mothers' behaviour may be important in determining attachment type
                                                2. EVALUATION
                                                  1. Findings and conclusions are culturally biased to middle-class American infants
                                                    1. Cannot make generalizations about ALL infant behaviours
                                                      1. Lacks population validity
                                                      2. Strange Situation enables us to assess attachment between children and primary caregiver, and how attachment type relates to later behaviours
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