types of attachment

Question 1

Insecure avoidant

Answer 1

A type of attachment which describes children who tend to avoid social interaction and intimacy with others

Question 2

Insecure-resistant

Answer 2

a type of attachment which describes infants who both seek and reject intimacy and social interaction

Question 3

Secure attachment

Answer 3

This is a strong attachment of an infant to his or her caregiver.These infants are comfortable social interaction.It is related to healthy subsequent cognitive and emotional development.

Question 4

strange situation (name)

Answer 4

ainsworth

Question 5

strange situation: aim

Answer 5

to observe attachment behaviours to assess attachment quality

Question 6

strange situation: procedure

Answer 6

Observations of the infant’s response to the following was made:
-separation anxiety
-reunion behaviour
-stranger anxiety
Data was collected by observers using a one way mirror
They recorded what the child was doing every 15 seconds using behavior categories and scoring the intensity on a scale of 1-7.

Question 7

strange situation: findings

Answer 7

• 70% had secure attachment
• 15% had insecure avoidant
• 15% had insecure resistant

Question 8

strengths of the strange situation

Answer 8

• Predicts aspects of babies later development
• Lots of research suggests secure babies have better outcomes in children and adulthood
• Insecure resistant have the worst outcomes
• Lab conditions and observable behaviours
• Based on evidence and not subjective

Question 9

limitations of the strange situation

Answer 9

• Not all psychologists agree that it is measuring attachment Kagan 1982 suggests that genetics anxiety could account for the differences in childhood and adulthood
• May not apply to all culture babies have different experiences in different cultures for example japanese babies don’t tend to be away from their mothers