Say about background of SS & who designed it, where it was. The results of the observation showed that 15% of the infants were ‘insecure avoidant’ (type A)- they ignored their mother and didn’t mind if she left. A stranger could comfort them. 70% were ‘securely attached’ (type B)- content with their mother, upset when she left, happy when she returned and avoided strangers. 15% were ‘insecure resistant’ (type c)- uneasy around their mother and upset if she left.
OUTLINE AND EVALUATE THE USE OF THE STRANGE STUATION TO ASSESS ATTACHMENT 12 MARKS The SS (strange situation) is a controlled observation research technique used to measure the kind of attachment between an infant (age between 9 – 18 months) and a parent. Ainsworth used 25 middle class working women and infants to help carry out this experiment. It is conducted in a lab environment with a 9x9 foot square, marked off in 16 squares to help record the infants’ movement accurately so as to compare and record how far the child explores. The procedure lasts 21 minutes each lasting three minutes. Ainsworth observed the experiment covertly using a one way mirror so as not do distort her results by having another stranger in the room.
Ainsworth’s strange situation The strange situation was an experiment carried out by Mary Ainsworth to measure and test the nature of attachment between an infant and their caregiver. The strange situation (SS) was used to look at how infants react under a stressful situation e.g. separated from caregiver (causing separation anxiety) and also the presence of a stranger (stranger anxiety). Furthermore it aimed to encourage infants to explore. There were a panel of experienced judges that observed the behaviours that were observed between the infants and caregivers.
Infants that have ambivalent attachment are deeply distressed in the absence of their mothers, fear strangers and resists contact with their mothers after reunion. The characteristics of an infant with avoidant attachment are lack of distress when the mother leaves, very social with strangers, little interest when the mother returns and can be comforted equally by the mother or by a stranger. Characteristics of people with disorganized attachment are that their behaviour is bizarre, look fearful and are insecure around their mothers and will freeze or try to leave after reuniting with their mothers. These attachments are different from each other depending on the four interaction methods. How attachment affects parenting Parental behaviour is one of the factors that exhibit the relationship between infant and adult
This study contained two purposes. The primary purpose was to categorize family priorities for activity and participation in their children with CP. The second purpose was to identify differences between the children based on their age and gross motor function. The study performed involved over five hundred children battling with cerebral palsy and their caregivers in a cross-sectional analytic design. The children and youths involved in the study were between the ages of 2-21 and their caregivers, who were primarily the mothers, had a mean age of 40 years.
“Kiddy Thinks” In “Kiddy Thinks”, Alison Gopnik discusses the stages of thinking abilities of babies and young children. Using examples from her personal experiences as a parent and her experiments as a developmental psychologist, she defines these stages and explains the learning processes that take place during them. Through process analysis, Gopnik develops her thesis that babies and young children use the same learning strategies as scientists. Gopnik explains the stages of cognitive development for children from birth to the age of 4 years old. At birth, babies already know they are similar to other people.
Child tends to be clingy, anxious and fearful, never knowing what to expect. | Available one moment & rejecting the next. Love to argue but rarely reach resolution, deep insecurity leads to the need to over attach. | Disorganised | Mother seen as “frightened” or “frightening”. No consistency, no secure base, no rules, no attunement, harsh punishment, abuse, neglect.
The Strange Situation procedure was formulated to observe attachment relationships between a caregiver and children between the age of nine and 18 months. It was developed by Mary Ainsworth, a developmental psychologist. Originally it was devised to enable children to be classified into the attachment styles known as secure, anxious-avoidant and anxious-ambivalent. As research accumulated and atypical patterns of attachment became more apparent it was further developed by Main and Solomon in 1986 and 1990 to include the new category of disorganized/disoriented attachment. In this procedure the child is observed playing for 20 minutes while caregivers and strangers enter and leave the room, recreating the flow of the familiar and unfamiliar presence in most children's lives.
Developmental History Case Stud University of Phoenix Developmental History Case Study During this case study an interview was done with Tiffany Green who is my sister, about her son Marcus Green who is 4 years old. Everything in the developmental history form was provided by Tiffany Green about her son. During this interview the Developmental History form was very helpful as far as gathering information about Tiffany’s history regarding Marcus Green. During the interview Tiffany mentioned that her son has behavioral problems at his daycare and finds it hard to get along with other children. Marcus also shows signs of learning difficulties, and limited communication skills.
Web. 29 Jan. 2013. . This article states that most mothers think that it is okay to spank your children. They do not abuse their children but if their child has something wrong they think that it is okay to spank them so that they learn their lesson and do not make the same mistake again. People who have low income are more likely to spank their children than a wealthy family.