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Strange Situation- Mary Ainsworth

Strange Situation- Mary Ainsworth . Colton and Courtney . Who was involved? . Mary Ainsworth Sylvia Bell Infants ranging in age from 12-18 months Mothers of infants . Purpose of the Study?. To investigate the attachment of young children with their mothers

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Strange Situation- Mary Ainsworth

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  1. Strange Situation- Mary Ainsworth Colton and Courtney

  2. Who was involved? • Mary Ainsworth • Sylvia Bell • Infants ranging in age from 12-18 months • Mothers of infants

  3. Purpose of the Study? • To investigate the attachment of young children with their mothers • How attachments vary between infants and mothers • Study different types of attachment • See if infant would “explore” their surrounding and seek security

  4. Procedure • (1) Leave mother and infant alone. • (2) A stranger joins mother and infant. • (3) Mother leaves infant and stranger alone. • (4) Mother returns and stranger leaves. • (5) Mother leaves and infant is left completely alone. • (6) The stranger returns. • (7) Mother returns and the stranger leaves.

  5. What were they looking for? • 1- Separation Anxiety in the infant • 2- Will the infant explore the room? • 3- Stranger Anxiety • 4- Reunion Behavior

  6. Classifications- types of attachment

  7. Results- What was discovered? • Behavior was determined by the mother (primary care giver) • Infants who were “”securely attached” received immediate care from mothers. • Infants who were classified as “Insecure Resistant” attached did not always receive immediate care from their mothers • Infants who were classified as “Insecure Avoidant” rarely got a response from their mothers when they were in need

  8. Results Continued • Provided empirical evidence of Bowlby’s Attachment theory • Securely Attached Children  positive view on themselves • Avoidant Children  undeserving • Resistant Children  negative self image

  9. How did it change psychology? • Became the accepted procedure to determine type of attachment to the mother • Unethical • Biased

  10. Example of secure attachment

  11. References • http://www.simplypsychology.org/mary-ainsworth.html • http://psychology.about.com/od/loveandattraction/ss/attachmentstyle_2.htm • http://www.enotes.com/gale-psychology-encyclopedia/strange-situation • http://www.parentingscience.com/strange-situation.html

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