Cultural Attachment BSF

What does cultural variation refer to in the context of attachment?

• The differences in attachment types between individuals

• The norms and values that exist within any group of people

• The differences in economic status between cultures

• The attachment styles preferred by different researchers

According to the meta-analysis, what was the average percentage of secure attachment found in Ainsworth's original research?

• 50%

• 65%

• 21%

• 14%

What did Marinus van Izjendoom and Pieter Kroonenberg study in their research?

• Proportion of children with different attachment types in the US

• Proportion of children with different attachment types within the same country

• Proportion of children with different attachment types in different countries

• Proportion of secure, insecure-avoidant and insecure-resistant attachments within a culture

Which country revealed a higher incidence of resistant children?

• Germany

• Israel

• China

• Japan

Which country revealed the lowest rate of secure attachments?

• Israel

• West Germany

• China

• Japan

Which country showed the highest rate of insecure-avoidant attachments?

• West Germany

• Israel

• China

• Japan

In van Ijzendoorn’s cross-cultural investigations of attachment, which one of the following statements is correct?

• Cross-cultural studies of attachment only investigate the variation between cultures and not the variation within cultures

• There was no difference in the variation within cultures compared to the variation between cultures

• The variation between cultures was greater than the variation within cultures

• The variation within cultures was greater than the variation between cultures

Tick two of the boxes below to indicate which statements best describe the behaviour of a securely attached child in the Strange Situation.

• Exploration of the environment is limited because the infant has difficulty moving away from the caregiver.

• The infant explores a strange environment, plays happily withtoys and uses the caregiver as a safe base.

• The infant goes to the caregiver when she returns and is easily soothed.

• The infant goes to the caregiver when she returns but is difficult to comfort.