Ainsworth - Strange Situation

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aim of Strange Situation

to identify and catergorise attatchment

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Type A attatchment

insecure-avoidant, ignored their mothers

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Type B attatchment

secure, mothers serve as a secure base

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Type C attatchment

insecure-resistant, resisting mothers but still clinging to them

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type of study of Strange Situation

non-experimental study due to observance

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Strange Situation subjects

infants aged between 12 to 18 months from 100 middle class American families

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Strange Situation method

8 stages lasting three minutes - baby and mother, added stranger, stranger and baby, mother and baby, baby, baby and stranger, baby and mother

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4 behaviours forming the basis for attatchment styles

separation anxiety, stranger anxiety, reunion behaviour, resistance to contact/comfort

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year of Strange Situation

1978