Types of Attachment

Question 1

types of attachment evaluation

Answer 1

controlled agreement in unethically measured cultures

Question 2

strange situation aim

Answer 2

observe key attachment behaviours as a means of assessing quality of baby’s attachment to caregiver

Question 3

sample of strange situation

Answer 3

100 middle-class American mother-baby pairs

Question 4

how was the procedure of SS controlled?

Answer 4

done in a lab with a two-way mirror and cameras to observe babies behaviour

Question 5

what behaviours were used to assess attachment?

Answer 5

Proximity seeking
Exploration and secure-base behaviour
Anxiety (stranger and separation)
Reunion behaviour

Question 6

7 episodes of SS (who’s there?)

Answer 6

1. Baby and caregiver
2. Baby, caregiver, stranger
3. Baby and stranger
4. Baby and caregiver.
5. Baby
6. Baby and stranger
7. Baby and caregiver

Question 7

3 types of attachment

Answer 7

Secure, insecure-avoidant, insecure-resistant

Question 8

secure attachment features

Answer 8

happy exploration, using caregiver as secure-base, regularly returning
moderate separation and stranger anxiety
go to mother for comfort on reunion
prefer mother to stranger

Question 9

insecure-avoidant

Answer 9

explore freely, don’t seek proximity or show secure-base, paying little attention to caregiver
little stranger or separation anxiety
little effort to make contact during reunion
no preference between caregiver and stranger for comfort

Question 10

insecure-resistant attachment

Answer 10

seek proximity, so explore less
high stranger and separation anxiety
resistant comfort on reunion - rush to mum but may struggle to get down
ignore stranger and ignore their attempts at interaction and comfort

Question 11

Johanna Bick et al.

Answer 11

tested inter-rater reliability in SS
found agreement in 94% of cases
can be confident attachment type assessed by SS is not dependent on subjective judgements