Ainsworth strange situation evaluation

Question 1

strength

Answer 1

Other researchers have found that a different attachment types and babies that are secure later go on to have a better life, another research has found that resistant attachment babies maybe bullied later adult hood and it can cause adult mental health issues SO GOOD PREDICTIVE VALIDITY

Question 2

Strength

Answer 2

The strange situation shows very good interrater reliability is, because there were different observers watching the same children, the results shown front of them are reliable and in one study observers found agreement on attachment type for 94% of tested babies

Question 3

Weakness

Answer 3

Cultural differences, a researcher found that the strange situation may not apply to Japan because Japanese mothers are really separated from their babies so there would be a high levels of separation anxiety, and at the reunion stage Japanese mother is also rushed to the baby to the Childs response was hard to observe

Question 4

limitation

Answer 4

researchers have found a fourth attachment type which was disorganised, so Ainsworth’s categories are inadequate