ainsworth

Question 1

What type of observation method is used in the Strange Situation?

Answer 1

Covert observation using tinted glass and structured in a lab to look like a playroom

This allows researchers to observe the child without being seen.

Question 2

How many stages are there in the Strange Situation?

Answer 2

8 stages

Question 3

What happens in the first stage of the Strange Situation?

Answer 3

mother and child in a room and child plays with toys

Question 4

What happens in the second stage of the Strange Situation?

Answer 4

A stranger enters the room, talks to the mother, and attempts to engage with the child

Question 5

What is assessed during the third stage of the Strange Situation?

Answer 5

Stranger anxiety when the mother leaves the child alone with the stranger

Question 6

What determines when the mother returns in the fourth stage?

Answer 6

The level of distress shown by the child and when mother returns stranger leaves

Question 7

What is measured in the fifth stage of the Strange Situation?

Answer 7

Separation anxiety when the mother leaves the child alone

Question 8

What does the stranger do in the sixth stage of the Strange Situation?

Answer 8

Attempts to play with the child while they are alone

Question 9

What is evaluated during the seventh stage of the Strange Situation?

Answer 9

Reunion behavior of the child when the mother returns

Question 10

type of parenting for secure attachments

Answer 10

responsive

Question 11

type of parenting for insecure avoidant attachments

Answer 11

neglectful

Question 12

type of parenting for insecure resistant attachments

Answer 12

inconsistent

Question 13

what are the percentages of each

Answer 13

insecure avoidant - 20%
secure - 70%
insecure resistant - 10%

Question 14

playing with mother and exploring results

Answer 14

insecure avoidant - dont return to mother regularly
secure - use mam as secure base to explore room
insecure resistant - extremely clingy dont explore room

Question 15

separation anxiety results

Answer 15

insecure avoidant - none
secure - some
insecure resistant - extreme

Question 16

stranger anxiety results

Answer 16

insecure avoidant - none
secure - some
insecure resistant - extreme

Question 17

reunion with mother results

Answer 17

insecure avoidant - doesnt require comfort not interesting on return
secure - easily comforted
insecure resistant - difficult to comfort may lash out

Question 18

ainsworth ethnocentric

Answer 18

:( ethnocentric procedure categorises behaviour based on american standards not representative of parental and child behaviours around the world

Question 19

ainsworth demand characteristics

Answer 19

:) low chance of demand characteristics as covert observation so more valid

Question 20

ainsworth ethics

Answer 20

:( could be distressing for the child
OTOH could withdraw if theres an issue

Question 21

ainsworth lab experiment

Answer 21

:) lab experiment so less chance of extraneous variables as they are controlled or eliminated

Question 22

ainsworth ecological validity

Answer 22

:( low ecological validity it doesn’t happen in everyday life a child is not regularly left in a room alone

Question 23

ainsworth standardized

Answer 23

standardized procedure same 8 steps each time for mam, child and stranger

Question 24

ainsworth weakness about daycare

Answer 24

:( doesnt work for those who are used to being separated in daycare etc.