Ainsworth's strange situation

What is Type A?

insecure-avoidant

What is type B?

Secure

What is Type C?

Insecure-Resistant

How do Type A willingness to explore, stranger anxiety, separation anxiety, and reunion?

Very willing to explore

Low stranger anxiety

indifferent at separation

avoids contact on reunion

How do Type B willingness to explore, stranger anxiety, separation anxiety, and reunion?

Very willing to explore

moderate stranger anxiety

Some separation anxiety but easy to soothe

Enthusiastic on reunion

How do Type C willingness to explore, stranger anxiety, separation anxiety, and reunion?

unwilling to explore

high stranger anxiety

Distressed on seperation

seeks and rejects comfort

What percent of children in the US are Type B?

66

What percent of children in the US are Type A?

22

What percent of children in the US are Type c?

12

What behaviours were used to judge attatchment?

proximity seeking

exploration and secure base behaviour

Stranger anxiety

Separation anxiety

response to reunion

What may be a confounding variable?

temprament

What did Bick find for reliability?

94% of observers agreed on attatchment style

Why does it have good predictive validity?

attachment type reflects in later relationships and overall life success

Who suggests that it is culturally limited?

Takahashi found that Japanese mothers are rarely separate from their babies and so show high levels of separation anxiety