Strange Situation

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    • Which 5 behaviours were assessed to for attachment quality?
      • proximity seeking
      • exploration and secure base behaviour
      • stranger anxiety
      • separation anxiety
      • response to reunion
    • What are different types of attachment
      • secure (Type B)
      • insecure avoidant (Type A)
      • insecure resistant (Type C)
    • What are behaviours of secure attachment?
      • explore happily but go back to their caregiver
      • moderate separation distress and stranger anxiety
      • accept comfort at reunion stage
    • What are behaviours of insecure avoidant attachment?
      • explore freely but do not seek proximity or secure-base
      • low separation distress and stranger anxiety
      • avoid comfort at reunion stage
    • What are behaviours for insecure resistant attachment?
      • seek greater proximity and explore less
      • high levels of stranger and separation distress
      • resist comfort at reunion stage
    • What is a limitation of SS?
      • SS has an imposed etic
      • Takashi 1990 noted SS doesn't work on Japanese babies as they are rarely separated to their mothers
      • therefore they showed high levels of separation anxiety
      • classifying Japanese babies as insecure is an imposed etic because SS is a western-developed method of assessing attachment type in non-western cultures
      • this is an issue because SS may classify attachment types of babies inaccurately
      • babies have different experiences in different cultures
      • lacks validity
    • What is a strength of SS?
      • SS has good predictive validity
      • Kokkinos 2007
      • babies who were secure went to have better outcomes whereas babies who were insecure resistant were associated with bullying later on
      • we can see attachment type identified has direct link to child in the future
      • we can intervene by providing social support those who have insecure attachment
      • implies SS is meaningful in child's development
    • What is another strength of SS?
      • Bick et al 2012 looked at inter-rater reliability in a team of SS observers
      • found 94% agreement in attachment type
      • shows Ainsworth's research is reliable as we can see consistency when SS is used to assess attachment
      • suggest it is reliable and doesn't depend on subjective judgments
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