Attachment part 2 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Aim of Ainsworth’s Strange Situation
To investigate differences in types of attachment by putting babies under conditions of mild stress in an unfamiliar environment
Ainsworth’s Strange Situation Procedure
- 100x middle class American mothers
- Controlled observation
- Specifically arranged room
What were the infants responding to that the researchers were observing
- Stranger entering the room
- Mother leaving child alone with stranger
- Mother returning to the room
Percentage of Securely attached children
66%
Percentage of insecure avoidant children
22%
percentage of insecure resistant children
12%
percentage of insecure resistant children
12%
Secure reactions to strange situation
- Wary of stranger
- Distress when separated from mother
- Easily comforted when mother returns
Insecure avoidant reactions to strange situation
- Unresponsive to stranger
- little distress when mother leaves
- little pleasure when mother returns
2 advantages of strange situation
- High inter observer reliability
- Has led to further research into attachment
2 disadvantages of strange situation
- main and weston (overlooked attachment type(
- Overt observation
Aim of van Ijzendoorn
-To investigate whether there are differences in attachment between different countries/ cultures
Van Ijzendoorn procedure
- meta analysis
- 32x studies using strange situation
- 8 different countries
what did van Ijzendoorn find
- small differences between countries
- secure attachment most common type in all countries
- more variations within countries than between them
1 advantage of research into cultural variation
- Large sample size
2 limitations of research into cultural variations
- controlled observation
- Only 8 countries included
Bowlbys theory of maternal deprivation CIMIC
Continuity
Irreversibility
Monotropy
Internal working model
Consequences for later development
44 Thieves procedure
- 88 children between 5 and 16
- 44 x thieves
- 14 x ‘affectionless psychopaths’
- 44 x no antisocial acts
- Interviews about early childhood
2 strengths maternal deprivation theory
- supporting evidence (44 thieves)
- practical applications (parents were encouraged to visit children in hospital)
2 limitations bowlby theory of maternal deprivation
- failed to distinguish between deprivation and privation (rutter)
- Alternative explanation, depends on the reason for being parted from the caregiver
Orphan study procedure
- 165 romanian children
- adopted by british families
- development was assessed at ages 4, 6, 11, 15
- Compared to a control group of adopted British children
