Types of attachment Flashcards
1
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what is the strange situaiton
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an experiment to assess the quality of a babies attachment with a caregiver
2
Q
name the categories that were created to measure in the strange situation
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- proximity seeking
- stranger/separation anxiety
- exploration
- response to union
3
Q
outline the procedure of the strange situation
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- baby encouraged to explore by caregiver
- stranger enters approaches baby and talks to mum
- caregiver leaves
- caregiver returns, stranger leaves
- caregiver leaves baby alone
- stranger returns
- caregiver returns
4
Q
what were the findings of the strange situation
A
they found the babies acted in certain ways,
they identidied three types of attachment
5
Q
list the three types of attachment that they identified
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- secure attachment
- insecure-avoidant attachment
- insecure resistant attachment
6
Q
outline the features of secure attachment
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- appy to explore
- seeks proximity
- moderate seperation anxiety
7
Q
outline the insecure avoidant attachment
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- baby explores freely
- does not seek proximity
- little seperation/strangeranxiety
- avoids union stages
8
Q
outline the insecure-resistant attachment
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- baby explores less
- seeks proximity
- considerable separation/ stranger anxiety
- resists comfort
9
Q
what are the strengths of the types of attachment
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- good predictive validity, McCamish et al discovered kids with secure attachment do better at school
- good inter-rater reliability as more than one observers
10
Q
what are the limitations of the types of attachments
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- culturally bias, it does not consider other cultures,
- fourth attachment has been discovered,
for example Main and Solomon discovered a fourth attachment- resistant-avoidant, which takes the reliability
11
Q
who discovered the fourth attachment
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Main and Solomons
Resistent- avoidant
