DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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Question
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all infants who experience secure attachment handle their mother’s departure in the same manner.
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attachment styles may be a result of a mother’s interaction with her child.
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all mothers who encourage independence
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roughly one third of infants display a secure attachment
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infants with insecure attachments are more likely to explore their surroundings.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ainsworth’s most famous study is the “strange situation” experiment. In this experiment, she observed how infants and toddlers responded when their mothers left them alone with a stranger. This study helped identify the different attachment types between children and their caregivers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ainsworth’s maternal sensitivity hypothesis argues that a child’s attachment style is dependent on the behavior their mother shows towards them. ‘Sensitive’ mothers are responsive to the child’s needs and respond to their moods and feelings correctly.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ainsworth devised an experiment called the “Strange Situation” in reaction to John Bowlby’s initial finding that infants form an emotional bond to its caregiver. In this experiment, the infant is placed in scenarios with or without its mother as well as with or without a stranger.
Detailed explanation-4: -The results highlight the role of the mother’s behaviour in determining the quality of attachment. This led to the conceptualisation of the Caregiver Sensitivity Hypothesis, which suggests that a mother’s behaviour towards their infant predicts their attachment type.
Detailed explanation-5: -From the observational study, Ainsworth (1970) identified three attachment styles; secure (type B), insecure-avoidant (type A) and insecure-ambivalent/resistant (type C).