Findings Flashcards
What were the three main types of attached identified as?
Secure attachment
Insecure-avoidant attachment
Insecure-resistant attachment
What’s type is secure attachment?
Type B
What type is insecure avoidant attachment?
Type A
What type of attachment is insecure resistant?
Type C
What does secure attachment mean?
These children explore happily but regularly go back to their caregiver (proximity seeking and secure base behaviour)
What does secure attachment usually show?
Moderate separation distress and moderate stranger anxiety.
Securely attached children require and accept what?
Comfort form the caregiver in the reunion stage
It was found that 60-75% of British toddlers are what?
Classified as secure
What’s insecure avoidant?
Children explore freely but do not seek proximity or show secure base behaviour. They show little or no reaction when their caregiver leaves and they make little effort to make contact when the caregiver returns
Insecure avoidant little anxiety, they do not require…
Comfort at the reunion stage
About 20-25% of toddlers are classified as?
Insecure-avoidant
What’s insecure resistance ?
These children week greater proximity than others and so explore less.
What do insecure resistance show?
Huge stranger and depression distress but they resist comfort when reunited with their carer.
Around 3% of British toddlers are classified as what?
Insecure resistant
What did aims worth find?
That there were distinct patterns in the way that infants behaved
