The strange situation (Mary ainsworth)

list the 3 types of attatchment categories and their classifications

A - Anxious avoidant (15%)

B - Secure (70%)

C - Anxious resistant (15%)

Describe type A - anxious avoidant

* shows no intrest when mother leaves
* plays happily with stranger
* ignores mother after seperation

Describe type B - secure

* Showed disctress when seperated from mother
* avoidant of stranger, unless accompanied by mother
* happy to see mother after seperation

Describe type C - Anxious resistant

* shows intense distress when separated from mother
* significant fear of stranger
* approach mother but reject contact after separation

Watch video on the strange situation and take notes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTsewNrHUHU&t=16s

Describe genies early childhood

* for most of her childhoof, genie had been confined to a small room tied to a potty chair or tied to her bed
* her father did not like noise so genie rarely heard anyone in her family speak
* she lived in a sensory deprived enviroment

What was the result of genie living in a sensory deprived environment?

* She often spat and salivated and was unable to straighten her arms and legs
* She was silent, incontinent and unable to chew.
* She initially seemed only able to recognise her own name and the word sorry
* Her emotional and cognitive abilities were that of a one year old

What happened to genie after a year of treatment?

* She could produce words, but not grammar
* She couldn’t organise words in a meaningful way supporting the idea of a critical period of language development