Unit 1 AOS 2 Dot point 3 Psychology Attachment

What are main attachment styles identified by Ainsworth (1970)

• Secure avoidant, Secure ambivalent/resistant and Insecure

• Insecure, Avoidant and ambivalent/resistant

• Secure, Insecure avoidant, Insecure ambivalent/resistant

• Secure and Insecure

What did Ainsworth conclude the attachment styles were a result of?

• Early interactions with the Educators

• Early interactions with the primary care giver

• Early interactions with the environment

• Early interactions with Siblings

What conclusions did Harlow draw from his research?

• That there was much more to the mother–infant relationship than "contact comfort", and that nutrition was essential to the psychological development and health

• That the psychological development and health of infant monkeys and humans is the same

• That infant monkeys prefer nutrition over contact comfort

• That there was much more to the mother–infant relationship than nutrition, and that this "contact comfort" was essential to the psychological development and health

What is the premise of attachment theory?

• There is a sensitive period for forming attachment with caregivers

• There is not a sensitive period for forming attachment with caregivers

• There is a critical period for forming attachment with caregivers

• Physical and emotional attachment can occur at any age

If an infant greats their primary caregiver with positive emotion and enjoys exploring the world around them, what type of attachment do they have according to Ainsworth's theory?

• Insecure

• Secure

• Avoidant

• Ambivalent

What is the experiment Ainsworth conducted to conclude there are three main attachment styles called?

• The Observation Situation

• The Separation Situation

• The Strange Situation

• The Attachment Situation

What occurred in 'The Strange Situation'?

• Child is alone in a room A stranger enters the room, parent enters the parent, and approaches the child The child explores the room with parental supervision The parent quietly leaves the room The parent returns and comforts the child

• Parent and child are alone in a room The parent quietly leaves the room The parent returns and comforts the child

• A stranger enters the room and approaches the child The parent quietly leaves the room The parent returns and comforts the child

• Parent and child are alone in a room The child explores the room with parental supervision A stranger enters the room, talks to the parent, and approaches the child The parent quietly leaves the room The parent returns and comforts the child

If a child is very distressed in a parents absence, is not easily comforted when the return, and explores the room around them very little, what attachment style does the child have, according to Ainsworth's theory?

• Secure attachment

• Insecure Anxious attachment

• Insecure Ambivalent/resistant attachment

• Insecure Avoidant attachment

When a child is not distressed when a primary care giver leaves the room, can be comforted by a stranger, and ignores a primary caregiver when they return after an absence, has what attachment style according to Ainsworth's theory?

• Insecure ambivalent/resistant attachment

• Insecure avoidant attachment

• Secure attachment

• Insecure ambivalent/avoidant attachment

Ambivalent/resistant infants generally,

• appear anxious and negative

• appear hyperactive and aggressive

• appear anxious but positive

• appear aggressive and negative