The Strange Situation activity- Based on a video with activities to complete PDF

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The Strange Situation: Assessing attachment types in early childhood The “Strange Situation” is a research condition developed by Mary Ainsworth in which children experience the departure and return of their attachment figure and encounter a stranger. Different attachment behaviours can be observed using this set up, including using attachment figure as a secure base and how the child reacts to separation and reunion.

As you watch the video, fill in the children’s behaviours you observe for the different attachment types in the table below. Then be prepared to discuss the questions that follow.

Secure

Insecure- Avoidant

Insecure – Resistant/Ambivalent

How does the child Kid started crying behave when the caregiver leaves?

Calm, low stranger anxiety, not stressed.

Greater distress. Awareness/panic

How does the child Cry. Consoled respond in the easily reunion scenes?

Non-engagement

Angry/ambivalent

Discussion questions 1. If you were to read the mind of a child with secure attachment, insecure-avoidant attachment and insecure-resistant/ambivalent attachment during the reunion episodes of the Strange Situation, what might s/he be thinking? -

Secure attachment: Bemused

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Insecure avoidant: not fazed

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Insecure resistant:

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Ambivalent:

2. The attachment pattern called insecure-disorganized is not shown in the video clip. What are some behaviors you might see in a child at separation and reunion from a caregiver if a child has this type of attachment?

3. What do you think about the Strange Situation as a research approach? What kind of data is being collected? What are possible weaknesses and strengths with this approach to learning about attachment?...