Ainsworth’s Strange Situation: Types of attachment
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- Created on: 02-05-18 15:13
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- Ainsworth'd strange situtation - types of attachment
- Type of attachment between infants and their caregivers
- Study-strange situation
- 12-18Mo and their mothers were observed using a video camera in a playroom (lab) to asses
- 3) Reunion behaviour
- 2) Seperation anxiety
- 4) Stranger anxiety
- 1) Exploration behaviour (secure)
- 8 episodes - each designed to highlight behaviours.
- 1) Parent and infant play
- 2) Parent sits while infant plays
- 3) Stranger enters and talks to parent
- 4) Parent leaves, stranger offers comfort if needed
- 5) Parent returns, offers comfort if needed, stranger leaves
- 6) Parent leaves . infant alone
- 7) Stranger returns, offers comfort
- 8) Parent returns
- 7) Stranger returns, offers comfort
- 6) Parent leaves . infant alone
- 5) Parent returns, offers comfort if needed, stranger leaves
- 4) Parent leaves, stranger offers comfort if needed
- 3) Stranger enters and talks to parent
- 2) Parent sits while infant plays
- 1) Parent and infant play
- F = Exploratory behaviour declined in all infants from episode 2
- F = three main patterns of behaviour
- 2) Insecure-avoident (Type A) - 15%
- Explores freely without bothering where mum is - not upset when mum leaves - not bothered by stanger - not bothered when mum returns
- 3) Insecure-resistant (Type C) -9%
- Stays close to mum - very upset when mum leaves- doesnt like stranger - cross when mum returns and not easily comforted
- 1) Secure (Type B) -62%
- Explores happily while keeping an eye on mum - Moderately upset when mum leaves - wary of stranger - readily comforted by mum on return
- 2) Insecure-avoident (Type A) - 15%
- F = three main patterns of behaviour
- 12-18Mo and their mothers were observed using a video camera in a playroom (lab) to asses
- 4th attachment
- Overlooked a fourth attachment type (insecure-disorganised) type D which was found by other psychologists that overlooed her study
- Lack of consistent patterns of social behaviour
- Support - meta-analysis of 80 US studies - TA 15%, TB 62%, TC 9%, TD 15%
- Cofounding variable = invalid data
- Overlooked a fourth attachment type (insecure-disorganised) type D which was found by other psychologists that overlooed her study
- Observations had high reliability
- Ainsworth foudn almost perfect agreement when rating exploratory behaviour - .94 agreement between raters
- = acceptable as reliable
- Ainsworth foudn almost perfect agreement when rating exploratory behaviour - .94 agreement between raters
- Cultural differences
- ** test is cultural bound as it doesnt have the same meaning outside western culture - Takashi noted that japanses babies are rarely seperated from mothers = high seperation anxiety
- RWA - COSP
- Caregivers taught to uderstanf babies better = securely attached ratings went from 32%-40%
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