Attachment Types

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Chanelle Titchener
Flashcards by Chanelle Titchener, updated more than 1 year ago
Chanelle Titchener
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Strange Situation Ainsworth (1971, 1978) - 8 episodes to highlight different behaviours - Separation from caregiver - Reunion with caregiver - Response to a stranger - Recorded using a camera and a 1 way mirror
Ainsworth (1971, 1978) - Secure attachment: Harmonious relationship with the caregiver - Insecure-avoidant: avoids social intimacy and show little to no tendency to cling or resist being picked up - Insecure-resistant: seeks and resists intimacy
Evaluation Other types of attachment > Research found another type of attachment - Insecure-disorganised - lack of consistent patterns of social behaviour
Evaluation High reliability > Observational studies > Inter-observer reliability > 0.94 agreement rate among observers > Observations are seen as reliable
Evaluation Low internal validity > Aims to measure attachment type of a child > Is it really measuring it or is it measuring the quality of one attachment type? > Main and Weston (1981) children behaved differently depending on which parent they're with
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