Ainsworth's Strange Situation

Question 1

Secure attachment willingness to explore and stranger anxiety

Answer 1

High, moderate

Question 2

Secure attachment separation anxiety and reunion behaviour

Answer 2

Some easy to soothe, enthusiastic

Question 3

Secure attachment percentage

Answer 3

66%

Question 4

Insecure avoidant willingness to explore and stranger anxiety

Answer 4

High, low

Question 5

Insecure avoidant separation anxiety and reunion behaviour

Answer 5

Indifferent, avoids contact

Question 6

Insecure avoidant percentage

Answer 6

22%

Question 7

Insecure resistant willingness to explore and stranger anxiety

Answer 7

Low, high

Question 8

Insecure avoidant separation anxiety and reunion behaviour

Answer 8

Distressed, seeks and resists

Question 9

Insecure avoidant percentage

Answer 9

12%

Question 10

Recall each 3 minute episode

Answer 10

1. Parent and infant play
2. Parent sits whilst infant plays
3. Stranger enters and talks to the parent
4. Parent leaves, stranger stays as infant plays, offering care if needed
5. Parent returns, greets infant, offers comfort if needed, stranger leaves
6. Parent leaves, infant alone
7. Stranger enters and offers comfort
8. Parent returns, greets infant, offers comfort

Question 11

Reliability advantage on strange situation

Answer 11

Inter-observer reliability, as results are compared over a panel of experienced judges

Question 12

Research negative for strange situation

Answer 12

Main and Solomon (1986) analysed the videotapes and found type D, insecure disorganised, with random behaviours