The Strange Situation Is an Observational Measure of Infant Attachment

question 57

Multiple Choice

The Strange Situation is an observational measure of infant attachment developed by Mary Ainsworth.It requires the infant to:

• A)crawl through a dark tunnel with his/her mother and a stranger waiting on the other side.
• B)move through a series of introductions,separations,and reunions with his/her mother and a stranger.
• C)experience loud noises in a room with only a stranger present.
• D)choose between his/her mother and his/her father in a strange situation.

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Definitions:

Ribosomes

Cellular structures that synthesize proteins by translating mRNA into polypeptide chains.

Polypeptide

A linear organic polymer consisting of a large number of amino acid residues bonded together, forming part of (or the whole of) protein molecules.

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where it specifies the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression.

Triphosphate Group

A triphosphate group consists of a molecule containing three phosphate groups, and it's most commonly associated with adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is a primary energy carrier in cells.