Classification Flashcards
Outline process and sample used in the strange situation
- 106 american children aged 12-18 months
- infant plays, stranger enters, caregiver leaves, stranger comforts, caregiver returns, stranger leaves, caregiver leaves, stranger enters, caregiver enters
4 operationalised concepts measured SS
- every 15 seconds researchers make note of behaviours on a scale of 1-7
- security of exploration
- stranger anxiety
- separation anxiety
- reunion behaviour
three Ainsworth classifications
a = insecure avoidant
b = secure
c = insecure resistant
explain how classifications are observed (A)
security of exploration = high
stranger anxiety = low
separation anxiety = indifferent
reunion behaviour = avoids contact
MOTHER / STRANGER COMFORTS EQUALLY
explain how classifications are observed (B)
security of exploration = high
stranger anxiety = high (s can comfort)
Separation anxiety = distressed (easy to soothe)
reunion behaviour = enthusiastic
explain how classifications are observed (C)
security of exploration = low
stranger anxiety = high
separation anxiety = distressed (intense)
reunion behaviour = seeks and rejects (resists contact)
more crying - less exploration
SS findings
a = 20%
b= 70%
c= 10%
SS inter-rater reliability
0.94
4th attachment
disorganised
‘Main and Solomon’
coopers circle of security = what percentage increase in secure attachments
34%