> attachment: types of attachment

Question 1

what method did they use to measure the quality of relationships?

Answer 1

-Ainsworth developed a reliable method of measuring quality of attachments in 1-2 year olds
-called strange situation
-from these behaviours observed children were labelled with having a secure/insecure attachment

Question 2

outline the procedure of the investigation:

Answer 2

-mum + infant go into room to get used to it before obs. begins
-mum is in the room + stranger enters
-mum leaves + stranger interacts with infant
-mum returns (reunion behaviour recorded)
-mum leaves + infant is left alone (separation protest recorded)
-instead of mum, stranger returns + (stranger anxiety behaviour recorded)
-mum re-enters + stranger leaves, reunion behaviour recorded

Question 3

what did the observers note?

Answer 3

-childs willingness to explore
-separation anxiety
-stranger anxiety
-reunion behaviour

Question 4

how did they record the observations?

Answer 4

-using a tape, time intervals of 15 seconds
-placed into behavioural categories -> proximity + contact seeking, contact maintaining, proximity + interaction avoiding, proximity + interaction resisting + searching
-with intensity level up to 7

Question 5

what do the categories allow for?

Answer 5

-observers to focus solely on babies behaviours eg smiling, cooing
-more reliable

Question 6

what 3 main attachment styles did Ainsworth identify?

Answer 6

-secure, B
-insecure avoidant, A
-insecure resistant/ambient, C

Question 7

what is the 4th attachment style later discovered?

Answer 7

disorganised