Cultural Variations

Question 1

Van Ijzendoorn study of cultural variations

Answer 1

He compared rates of attachment type in 8 countries

Question 2

Procedure of Van Ijzendoorn’s study

Answer 2

Analysed data from other studies (meta analysis). All studies:
- used strange situation
- observed only mother - infant pairs
- classifies infants into 1 attachment type
- studies excluded any identifying special groups of children

Question 3

Findings of Van Ijzendoorn

Answer 3

Secure most popular
Germany = most avoidant
UK = most secure

Question 4

Conclusions of study

Answer 4

Overall consistency in secure attachment types leads to the conclusion that there may be universal characteristics that underpin and caregiver interactions

Question 5

Evaluation

Answer 5

Ethnocentric = using SS judges/categorises infant behaviour according to behavioural categories based on MC American infants

Not representative = not equal amount of studies in each country and not all countries represented

High Reliability = Use of SS as a procedure means that a comparison can be made across cultures