Ainsworth's Strange Situation
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- Created on: 04-04-17 15:13
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- Ainsworth's Strange Situation: AO1
- Procedure
- 5 categories used to judge attachment quality
- Proximity seeking
- Exploration and secure base behaviour
- Stranger anxiety
- Separation anxiety
- Reunion behaviour
- Seven episodes lasting 3 minutes each
- 1) Child is encouraged to explore by caregiver
- 2) Stranger enters and talks to caregiver
- 3) Caregiver leaves
- 4) Caregiver returns, stranger leaves
- 5) Caregiver leaves child alone
- 6) Stranger returns
- 7) Caregiver returns
- 5 categories used to judge attachment quality
- Findings: Types of attachment
- Type A: Insecure avoidant
- 20-25% British toddlers
- Child explores freely but doesn't seek proximity
- Shows little/no separation or stranger anxiety
- Requires no comfort at reunion stage
- Type B: Secure
- 60-75% of British toddlers
- Child happy to explore but seeks proximity to caregiver
- Shows moderate stranger and separation anxiety
- Requires and accepts comfort at reunion stage
- Type C: Insecure resistant
- 3% of British toddlers
- Child explores less and seeks greater proximity
- Shows considerable stranger and separation anxiety
- Resists comfort at reunion stage
- Type A: Insecure avoidant
- About
- Method to assess quality of child's attachment to their primary caregiver
- Controlled observation procedure
- Psychologists observe infants behaviour in a lab setting
- Procedure
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