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The strange situation, Evaluation - Coggle Diagram
The strange situation
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Ainsworth, procedure: controlled observation, room with two way mirror.
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- Proximity seeking, close to caregiver
- Exploration and secure-base behaviour: exploring using caregiver as secure base
- Stranger anxiety: anxiety when stranger approaches
- Separation anxiety: protest at separation
- Response to reunion: with caregiver after separation
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Evaluation
:) Support for validity: attachment type is predictive of later attachment. Secure have better outcomes in many areas. Insecure-resistant associated with worse outcomes.
:) Good reliability: different observers generally agree on same attachment types. Behaviour categories easy to observe. Bick et al looked at inter-rater reliability, agree on attachment for 94% of babies.
:( Test may be culture bound: doesn't have same meanings for cultures that are not Western: children respond differently and caregivers behave differenly. Takahashi: doesn't work in Japan, rarely separated = high separation anxiety