3.4: Ainsworth's 'Strange Situation'

Question 1

Identify two infant behaviours that are characteristic of an insecure-resistant attachment type (2 marks)

Answer 1

1. High separation anxiety

2. Less exploring

Question 2

A researcher collected quantitative data using the ‘Strange Situation.’
He then decided to collect qualitative data by conducting interviews with some of the parents of the infants.

Describe two differences between these types of data (4 marks)

Answer 2

One difference is that quantitative data involves numbers (for example the number of boys and girls), whereas qualitative data involves words (for example quotes from a book)

Question 3

A researcher collected quantitative data using the ‘Strange Situation.’
He then decided to collect qualitative data by conducting interviews with some of the parents of the infants.

Describe two differences between these types of data (4 marks).
One difference is that quantitative data involves numbers (for example the number of boys and girls), whereas qualitative data involves words (for example quotes from a book).

What is another difference?

Answer 3

Another difference is that quantitative data can be measured objectively, whereas qualitative data is based on the subjective interpretation of language