Types of Attachment (OCR A-Level Psychology): Flashcards
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Strange Situation researcher & year
Strange Situation researcher & year
Mary Ainsworth, 1978
Type of observation in Strange Situation
Type of observation in Strange Situation
Controlled, overt, non-participant
Age of babies in Strange Situation
Age of babies in Strange Situation
9-18 months old
Aim of Strange Situation
Aim of Strange Situation
Assess how securely attached child was to caregiver
Number of episodes in Strange Situation
Number of episodes in Strange Situation
8 scripted episodes
% of children with secure attachment
% of children with secure attachment
70%
% with insecure resistant attachment
% with insecure resistant attachment
15%
% with insecure-avoidant attachment
% with insecure-avoidant attachment
15%
What factor in mothers determined attachment style?
What factor in mothers determined attachment style?
Sensitive responsiveness
Responsive mothers led to which attachment?
Responsive mothers led to which attachment?
Secure attachment
Inconsistent mothers led to which attachment?
Inconsistent mothers led to which attachment?
Insecure resistant attachment
Indifferent mothers led to which attachment?
Indifferent mothers led to which attachment?
Insecure-avoidant attachment
Who replicated Ainsworth's study?
Who replicated Ainsworth's study?
Ijzendoorn and Krunenberg
Sample limitation of Strange Situation
Sample limitation of Strange Situation
American, middle-class, white - low population validity