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STRANGE SITUATION
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- 1Outline the procedure of the SSA controlled observation with a two-way mirror
5 categories in 7 stages: proximity seeking, exploration and secure base behaviour, stranger anxiety, separation anxiety and reunion behaviour
Child is exposed to a sequence of episodes to test the above.
These involve the child with the parent, left alone, a stranger interacting with the child (with and without parent) and the caregiver returning - 2Outline the resultsSecure attachment (60-75%)
Avoidant attachment (20-25%)
Resistant attachment (3%) - 3Name and describe the three types of attachmentSecure - explores and seeks proximity, moderate stranger and separation anxiety, requires and accepts comfort upon reunion
Avoidant - explores but does not seek proximity, little/no stranger/separation anxiety, does not require comfort
Resistant - explores less and seeks proximity more, considerable stranger/separation anxiety, resists comfort - 4Why does the SS have predictive validityAttachment types predict later development e.g. secure = better at school and relationships
Resistant is associated with the worst outcomes e.g. bullying and adult mental health problems
Concepts have validity as they predict later life outcomes - 5Why does the SS have good inter-rater reliabilityDifferent researchers watching the same children generally come to the same conclusion with 94% agreement
SS takes place under controlled conditions and the conditions are easy to observe
We can be confident that the attachment types being observed do not depend on who is watching them - 6Why may the SS be culture bound?Test may have little meaning in other cultures outside of western society
Cultural differences in child-rearing could lead to different responses
Takahasi (1990) - Japanese mothers are rarely separated from their children and so they show high levels of separation anxiety - 7Why may temperament could be a confounding variable?Ainsworth assumed that the main influence on separation anxiety was attachment type
Kagen (1982) - suggests that temperament is more important
Challenges validity - if the SS measure attachment behaviour but this is also affected by temperament, then it doesn't purely measure attachment
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