Strange situation Flashcards
fourth type of attachment
POINT: there is type D a 4th attachment
EXPLAIN: Disorganised children show a mixture of both resistant and avoidant.
END: Oversimplified did not predict overlap between attachments
real world application
POINT: Intervention strategies can be developed where there is disordered patterns of attachment between infant and caregiver
EXPLAIN: teaching caregivers to better understand their infants’
signals of distress and to increase their understanding of what it feels
like to feel anxious. a decrease in
caregivers classified as disordered (60% to 15%) and an increase in
infants classified as securely attached (32% to 40%).
END: Strength is that it can change ppls lives
Culture
POINT: Culture bound test
EXPLAIN: TAKASHI study child experience are different
END: infants may be inappropriately classified as insecurely attached based upon
cultural differences in childrearing rather than because they are genuinely
insecurely attached.
Can predict future outcome
POINT: Can predict later development
EXPLAIN: Attachments later on example
END: Distinct differences in outcomes in attachment supports this