Who contradicts bolby's idea of monotropism and how?
Shaffer and Emerson's stages of attachment found at 18 months children can have as many as 5 attachment figures
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identify an observational study into attachment
Ainsworth's "strange situation"
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Methodological issues with the strange situation?
ethical issues: no informed consent, deception, stress. only middle class americans (internal validity). it is a lab study (ecological validity)
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What was the strange situation measuring?
the quality of attachment
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Name the three attachment styles displayed in the strange situation
Secure, Avoidant insecure, resistent insecure
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What does the secure attachment consist of?
high willingness to explore, high stranger anxiety, easy-smooth separation anxiety, enthusiastic on reunion
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What does avoidant attachment style consist of?
high willingness to explore, low stranger anxiety, indifferent separation anxiety, avoids contact on reunion
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What does resistant style of attachment consist of?
low willingness to explore, high stranger anxiety, distresses separation anxiety, ambivalent with caregivers behaviour
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who can be used to evaluate the strange situation?
Van Ijzendoorn et al (1988)
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Name an alternative way of measuring attachment
Adult attachment interviews
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What did Ainsworth et al (1978) suggest about caregivers responsiveness?
that caregivers who were responsive would result in ambivalent infants, and a low level of responsiveness would result in avoidant infants.
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evaluate Ainsworth's suggestion about caregivers responsiveness
a review by De Wolf (1977) indicated that there is only a weak relationship between maternal responsiveness and later attachment type.
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What were the findings from cross- cultural research on attachment?
Grossman et al (1981) reported that 40-50% of german infants were avoidant and supposed this might be because of the value placed on independence in that country
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What do findings from the Holocaust suggest?
That attachment patterns can change across generations
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why do you have to be careful about interpreting findings about a relationship between early attachment and latter characteristics
as the research is not based upon experimental design. As a result some other variables could be the cause of the relationship
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identify an observational study into attachment
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Ainsworth's "strange situation"
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Methodological issues with the strange situation?
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What was the strange situation measuring?
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Card 5
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Name the three attachment styles displayed in the strange situation
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