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Strange Situation
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- 1Attachment types- Insecure-avoidant
- Securely attached
- Insecure-resistant - 2Insecure-avoidant- Willing to explore
- Low stranger anxiety
- No separation anxiety
- Avoid contact at return of caregiver - 3Securely attached- Keen to explore
- High stranger anxiety
- Enthusiastic at return of caregiver - 4Insecure-resistant- Unwilling to explore
- High stranger anxiety
- High separation anxiety
- - 5Ainsworth (1978) - Procedure1. 8 episodes. Every aspect of behaviour was recorded, filmed and observed with most attention given to reunion behaviour.
2. Testing room was an unfamiliar environment.
3. 5 categories recorded:
Proximity - attachment seeking behaviours
Contact - maintaining behaviours
Proximity - interaction avoiding behaviours
Contact - interaction resisting behaviours
Search behaviours - 6Ainsworth (1978) - Aims- Assess how infants between 9 - 18 months behave under stress to test stranger and separation anxiety and secure base concept.
- Assess individual differences between mother-infant in terms of attachment quality - 7Ainsworth (1978) - Findings- 15% insecure avoidant
- 70% securely attached
- 15% insecure resistant - 8Ainsworth (1978) - Conclusions- Sensitive responsiveness is key factor in attachment quality.
- Sensitive mothers tend to have securely attached children - 9Ainsworth (1978) - Evaluation- Findings supported by other research
- Strange situation has become a paradigm
- Artificial
- Focuses too much on infant behaviour rather than mother
- Main + Weston (1981) found children behaved differently depending on parent.
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- A-Level Psychology (Attachment) FlashCards sobre Strange Situation, criado por Liv Coote em 10-04-2016.
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