Ainsworth's Work on Attachment: attachment, deprivation, privation

Question 1

What is the strange situation procedure? (used for, what is it)

Answer 1

Ainsworth made the Strange Situation to observe the variety of attachment forms in infants.

The Strange Situation involves a series of eight episodes in which the infant is exposed to separations and reunions with the caregiver and encounters with a stranger.

Question 2

What are the types of attachment?

Answer 2

Secure attachment (66%) b
- Low separation anxiety, and some stranger anxiety.
- Enthusiastic reunion behaviour.

Insecure-avoidant (22%) a
- High willingness to explore.
- Indifferent to separation, low stranger anxiety.
- Indifferent to reunion.

Insecure-resistant (12%) c
- Low willingness to explore.
- High separation anxiety, high stranger anxiety.
- Angry reunion behaviour.