Types of Attachment
Mind map about the types of attachment discovered from the Strange Situation Study (Ainsworth et al. 1978).
- Created by: Ellie White
- Created on: 09-11-13 10:29
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- Attachment Type
- Insecure Avoidant
- Low stranger anxiety
- Happy to explore
- Avoid contact at return of caregiver
- Indifferent to separation
- Securely Attached
- Easy to soothe
- High stranger anxiety
- Uses caregiver as secure base
- Willing to explore
- Enthusiastic when caregiver returns
- Insecure Disorganised
- Lack of consistent behaviour
- Don't fit into any other category
- For example, strong attachment behaviour, followed by looking away and disinterest
- Insecure Resistant
- Distressed on separation
- Sought and rejected contact at caregivers return
- Unwilling to explore
- Caregivers ambivalent to their changes
- High stranger anxiety
- Insecure Avoidant
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