Cultural variations in attachment

AINSWORTH'S STRANGE SITUATION                          (CG=caregiver, S=stranger)

• Developed as a way to judge the quality of a childs attachment
• Controlled lab observation
• Five catagories were used to judge...
• 1.)PROXIMITY SEEKING
• 2.)SECURE BASE BEHAVIOUR
• 3.) STRANGER ANXIETY
• 4.)SEPERATION ANXIETY
• 5.) RESPONSE TO REUNION
• The procedure had seven episodes...
• Child ecouraged to explore by the CG >> S enters and talks to CG >> CG leaves >> CG returns and S leaves >> CG leaves the child alone >> S returns >> CG returns
• RESULTS- indentified three different types of attachment types, 60-75%= secure, 20-25%= insecure avoidant, 3%= insecure resistant
• EVALUATIONS- some infants didnt fit into a particular type…