Classification

Question 1

Outline process and sample used in the strange situation

Answer 1

• 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

Question 2

4 operationalised concepts measured SS

Answer 2

• every 15 seconds researchers make note of behaviours on a scale of 1-7
• security of exploration
• stranger anxiety
• separation anxiety
• reunion behaviour

Question 3

three Ainsworth classifications

Answer 3

a = insecure avoidant
b = secure
c = insecure resistant

Question 4

explain how classifications are observed (A)

Answer 4

security of exploration = high
stranger anxiety = low
separation anxiety = indifferent
reunion behaviour = avoids contact
MOTHER / STRANGER COMFORTS EQUALLY

Question 5

explain how classifications are observed (B)

Answer 5

security of exploration = high
stranger anxiety = high (s can comfort)
Separation anxiety = distressed (easy to soothe)
reunion behaviour = enthusiastic

Question 6

explain how classifications are observed (C)

Answer 6

security of exploration = low
stranger anxiety = high
separation anxiety = distressed (intense)
reunion behaviour = seeks and rejects (resists contact)
more crying - less exploration

Question 7

SS findings

Answer 7

a = 20%
b= 70%
c= 10%

Question 8

SS inter-rater reliability

Answer 8

0.94

Question 9

4th attachment

Answer 9

disorganised
‘Main and Solomon’

Question 10

coopers circle of security = what percentage increase in secure attachments

Answer 10

34%