Ainsworth’s strange situation

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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
    • 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.

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