Good Reliability Flashcards
1
Q
What do different observers watching the same children in the strange situation generally agree with?
A
Agree on what attachment type to classify them with
2
Q
Why might people observing agree?
A
Because the strange situation takes place under controlled and because the behavioural categories are easy to observe
3
Q
What did bick et al look at?
A
Inter-rater reliability in a team of trained strange situation observers and found agreement on attachment type for 94% of tested Babies
4
Q
What does this all mean?
A
We can be confident that the attachment type of an infant identified in the strange situation does not just depend on who is observing them
5
Q
The strange situation shows very good?
A
Inter-rater reliability
