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Question 1

What has research demonstrated about the strange situation?

Answer 1

Research has demonstrated that the strange situation can be used for infants in different cultures and the result of the studies show similarities in attatchment types across cultures.

Question 2

What did Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg do?

Answer 2

Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg conducted a meta analysis of 32 studies in 8 different countries. They found that difference between cultures were small and secure attatchments was the most common in every country followed by insecure avoidant.

Question 3

What do these cross cultural similarities support about attatchment?

Answer 3

These cross cultural similarities support the view that attatchemnt is innate and that different cultural practices have little effect on attatchment behaviour.