types of attachment

• ainsworth identified three types of attachment - type a - insecure avoidance - type b - secure - type c - insecure resistant
• type b - secure
• type a - insecure avoidant
• type c - insecure resistant
• secure - strong bond between child and carer - distressed if seperated - easily comforted when reunited
• insecure avoidant - not distressed when seperated - can be comforted by a stranger - avoid social interaction and intimacy with others
• insecure resistant - uneasy around the caregiver - becomes upset if seperated - accept and reject social interaction
• ainsworth strange situation - find attachment type - 70% secure - 15% insecure avoidant - 15% insecure resistant
• crit ainsworth - cultural bias
• crit ainsworth - lab study - low ecological validity
• van ijzendoorn - meta analysis of strange situation - western cultures had more avoidant types largest proportion in germany - japan had high levels oof insecure reistant
• crit van ijzendoorn - weakness of vlaidity in some studies