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What is type C?
It is also known as insecure resistant, it seeks and resist intimacy and social interaction.
How do children with type C respond to separation?
They respond with immediate stress.
Who replicated the strange situation research and what did they find?
Takahashi replicated the study an found 32% of insecure resistant in Japanese middle class infants.
Why did he have to stop the study?
90% of the infant alone research had to be stopped due to excessive infant anxiety.
What’s the conclusion?
Collectivist cultures like Japanese culture have higher insecure- resistant attachment in comparison to other cultures.
What’s the criticism of this study?
Japanese children are rarely separated from their mothers which can explain their stress. The distress they show when their caregivers leave is probably due to shock than it is to insecure attachment.
