Strange Situation

Question 1

key details of specific attachment

Answer 1

• 7 months
• attachments towards particular ppl
• anxiety w strangers when figure absent & seperated
• primary attachment figure- person most interacted with

Question 2

key details of multiple attachment

Answer 2

• 9 months +
• mutliple attachments with people regularly spend time with
• secondary attachments
• 1 year old= multiple attachments

Question 3

strengths of strange situation + explaination

Answer 3

• inter observer reliability (controlled ob found agreement on attach types 94% of time, not subjective)
• reliability over time (main 1985 100% infants secure attached before 18 months same at 6 years, high val)

Question 4

limitations of strange situation

Answer 4

• lab setting(obs in lab playroom, low eco val, high degree control(noise) artificial set, can’t gen)
• low pop val( 100 mothers + babies from america, parenting vary in other societies, ungen doesn’t take fathers into consideration)
• unethical( distress to babies)