Evaluating The Strange Situation
- Created by: sophie Ward
- Created on: 03-01-13 15:04
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- Evaluating the strange situation.
- Validity
- Low ecological validity (the extend to which research reflect real life situation.
- Novel Environment-would they act differently at home?
- Aim to measure attachment type of child, may only measure attachment to one particular person.
- Does not measure what it intends = low validity
- Reliability
- Observers had almost perfect rating agreement (0.94 agreement)
- Ethical Issues
- Intends to cause child mild distress
- Ainsworth claimed that it was no more distressing than a real life situation
- Stage 6 - 20% reported to cry desperately
- How would the mother feel?
- Intends to cause child mild distress
- Simple, efficient, easy to replicate
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