AINSWORTH - there are 3 different types of attachments.
INSECURE AVOIDANT - Shows little or no concern when mother is present. Little interest when she returns and no indication of stranger anxiety. (12%)
INSECURE RESISTANT - Insecurity when care giver is present, intense distress when she leaves and not easily comforted when she returns. (22%)
SECURELY ATTACHED - Child plays contently when mother is present and is distressed when parted. However, is easily comforted when she returns and treats stranger with moderate avoidance.
Ainsworths + easily replicated. - lacks ecological validity. - Culturally biased, American middle class. - Unethical, infants are put in extreme anxiety. - Mother might have not been the main attachment figure.
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