Monday, 31 March 2008

Psychology: Secure and Insecure Attachments

Why would one measure attachments?

In order to see how particular attachment types affect later development.

Is the Strange Situation reliable?

-Development of children often took place at around the same time in various cases.

Is the StrangeSituation not reliable?

-Attachments could MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS to different people e.g. SECURELY ATTACHED TO MOTHER BUT NOT FATHER.
--->Thus SSR evaluates particular relationships

What did VAN IJZENDOORN state?
-Children have relationships of different qualities- wouldnt it be better to evaluate ALL RELATIONSHIPS and gain an AVERAGE.
--->SS is valid but needs to look at more than one relationship

What are the causes of attachments?
1)AINSWORTH ET AL: CAREGIVER SENSITIVITY: Schaffer and Emerson
2)KAGAN: TEMPERAMENT HYPOTHESIS: innate characteristics of the child.

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