Types of Attachment Flashcards
1
Q
Who?
A
Ainsworth
2
Q
What?
A
Strange Situation
3
Q
What did it assess?
A
Quality of babies attachments to a caregiver
4
Q
What kind of experiment?
A
Controlled observation in a lab
5
Q
What categories were observed to judge attachment quality?
A
1) proximity seeking
2) exploration and secure - base behaviour
3) stranger anxiety
4) seperation anxiety
5) response to reunion
6
Q
Procedure
A
Each step lasted 3 mins
1) baby encouraged to explore by caregive
2) stranger enters
3) caregiver leaves
4) caregiver returns and stranger leaves
5) caregiver leaves baby alone
6) stranger returns
7) caregiver returns
7
Q
Three types of attachment
A
- A Insecure-avoidance
- B Secure
- C Insecure-resistant
8
Q
Type A Insecure-avoidant
A
- 20-25% British toddlers
- explores freely but does not seek proximity
- no seperation or stranger anxiety
- avoids contact at reunion stage
9
Q
Type B Secure Attachment
A
- 60-75% British toddlers
- Happy to explore but seeks proximity
- moderate serperation and stranger anxiety
- requires and accepts comfort at reunion
10
Q
Type C Insecure Resistant
A
- 3% British toddlers
- explores less and seeks greater proximity
- extreme serperation and stranger anxiety
- resists comfort at reunion
11
Q
AO3 +
A
- good predictive validity as can predict future outcomes (Type B = greater success at school, Type C = bullying and adult mental health problems)
- Good inter-rater reliability as different observers watch same baby - 94% agreement
12
Q
AO3 -
A
- May measure genetic differences in anxiety not attachment
- Emic research as in Japan babies show anxiety due to not being used to being left by CG
