Strange Stiuation - Types Of Attachment + E

Question 1

How many children did Mary use?

And what class are they

Answer 1

106 Middle class Americans

Question 2

How many attachments did Mary identify

Answer 2

3

Question 3

What 5 Behaviours were used to determine attachment

Answer 3

1. Proximity seeking
2. Stranger anxiety
3. Separation anxiety
4. Response to reunion
5. Exploration and secure base behaviour

Question 4

What is proximity seeking? And what Does it show?

Answer 4

Good att. = stays fairly close to the CG

Question 5

What is explanations and secure base behaviour and what does it show?

Answer 5

Good att = baby explores but uses CG as a base point

Question 6

What is stranger anxiety and what does it show?

Answer 6

Closely att = displays distress when a stranger approaches

Question 7

What is separation anxiety and what does it show?

Answer 7

Good att = protesting at the separation from the care giver

Question 8

What is response to re union and what does it show?

Answer 8

Securely attached = greet the caregiver return and seek comfort

Question 9

Describe the procedure of ainsworths study?

Answer 9

1- Baby is encouraged to explore
2- Stranger comes in and approaches the baby
3- The CG leaves
4- The CG returns and the stranger leaves.
5- the CG LEAVES
6- The stranger returns
7- response to reunion

Question 10

What were the findings of this study?

types of attachment + statistic

Answer 10

Secure attachment : 60-75% of British babies
Insecure avoidant: 20-25% of British babies
Insecure resistant: 3%

Question 11

What were the features were the securely attached?

Answer 11

The babies explore happily but go back to caregivers

show moderate separation distress and stranger anxiety

When the babies accept comfort from their CG

Question 12

What was the features of the insecure avoidant?

Answer 12

They explore freely

Do not seek proximity and secure base behaviour

Shows little to no reaction when CG returns

Question 13

What were the features of insecure resistant?

Answer 13

Babies seek greater proximity

Explore less

High levels of stranger anxiety

They resist comfort when reunited with CG

Question 14

P: Good predicative ability

S

Answer 14

E: Research shows that secure av. att. Have the best outcomes
Insecure resistant have the worst outcomes

E: TMT the study measures something meaningful

Question 15

P: good inter-rather reliability

S

Answer 15

E: Joanna Brick - multiple observers
The observers agreed 94% of the time = reliable + in a controlled environment

E: Confident that the attachment assessed was not subjective

Question 16

P: could be sculpture bound

W

Answer 16

E: Deveolped in Britain + US. And they have similar cultures. 
In Japan (different culture) more were classified as insecure resistant

E: its hard to know what is measuring outside of Europe

Question 17

P: may be more att. Types

W

Answer 17

E: Main and Solomon (1986) identified 4th category called disorganised attachment where babies have experienced neglect or abuse

E: The theory is not pulley a planning the types of attachment Decreases validity