child development MEASURING ATTACHMENTS

The strange situation

• care giver and infant are put in an unfamilar room with toys
• child and care giver are left alone
• unfamiliar adult eneters the room and eventually starts to interact with the child 
• the care giver departs
• care giver returns andf unfamiliar adult leaves
• care giver leaves - so infant is on their own
• unfamiliar adult returns
• care giver returns

The behaviour of the child throug each stage and is coded for in order to…