Ainsworth’s strange situation
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- Created on: 04-04-22 14:58
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- Ainsworth’s strange situation
- Conclusions
- Ainsworth concluded that there were three types of attachment style based on the strange situation’s findings
- Insecure resistant: showed great proximity seeking and huge stranger/separation anxiety. They are inconsolable on mother’s return
- 3% of British infants are type C
- Insecure-avoidant: showed no proximity or secure base seeking. They had little fear of the stranger and no reaction upon their mother leaving or returning.
- 20-25% of British infants have type A attachments
- Secure: showed evidence of exploration and seeking proximity. Moderate stranger and separation anxiety but was comforted on return
- 65-70% of British infants are type B attached
- Insecure resistant: showed great proximity seeking and huge stranger/separation anxiety. They are inconsolable on mother’s return
- Ainsworth concluded that there were three types of attachment style based on the strange situation’s findings
- Aim
- Ainsworth’s aimed to assess the quality of a child’s attachment to their primary caregiver through observing
- Sampled
- Evaluation
- Reliable
- Valid
- May be culturally biased
- Reductionist
- Procedure
- 1. The infant and their mother are taken to an unfamiliar room which has toys
- 2. A stranger enters the room
- 3. Caregiver leaves the infant and stranger alone
- 4. The caregiver returns and the stranger leaves.
- 5. The caregiver leaves. The child is now alone.
- 6. The stranger returns
- 7. The stranger leaves and the infant is reunited with their caregiver.
- 6. The stranger returns
- 5. The caregiver leaves. The child is now alone.
- 4. The caregiver returns and the stranger leaves.
- 3. Caregiver leaves the infant and stranger alone
- 2. A stranger enters the room
- 1. The infant and their mother are taken to an unfamiliar room which has toys
- Conclusions
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