Point: Strange situation is ethnocentric - designed by Americans for middle class American mothers and children
Children raised differently will respond differently to stages in strange situation
eg. Takahashi - Japanese children were so distressed when left alone procedure had to stop so classified as insecure-resistant, despite being secure up to that point.
Japanese children not used to being separated at all in early years
Conclusion:Strange situation not valid measure of attachment type - measures fear in these children rather than attachment
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