Ainsworth

Question 1

What was the strange situation

Answer 1

a controlled observation designed to measure the security of attachment a child displays to its caregiver and takes place in a controlled environment through a two way mirror which psychologists can observe

Question 2

What was the procedure?

Answer 2

-includes 8 predetermined stages which included the mother leaving the child and playing with toys in the presence of a stranger and alone and the mother returning to the child

Question 3

What 4 criteria did Ainsworth use?

Answer 3

• separation/stranger anxiety
• reunion behaviour
• willigness to explore the room

Question 4

How many infant were used?

Answer 4

100 middle class Americans

Question 5

What did Ainsworth use the criteria for?

Answer 5

to classify the infants into 1 of 3 categories

Question 6

what did Ainsworth find?

Answer 6

• 70% of infants are secure
• 15%insecure resistant
• 15% insecure avoidant

Question 7

What is one criticism of Ainsworth situation?

Answer 7

• the test is culture bound

- designed by an American on US infants and based on US values

Question 8

What did Takashi find?

Answer 8

• ss cannot be applied to Japanese infants

- mothers are so rarely separated from their infants