The Strange Situation Is an Observational Measure of Infant Attachment

question 115

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 or her mother and a stranger waiting on the other side.
• B)experience a series of introductions,separations,and reunions with the mother and a stranger.
• C)experience a series of loud noises while placed in a room with only an adult stranger present.
• D)choose between his or her mother and his or her father while experiencing a strange situation.

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Definitions:

Diseconomies

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Different Scale

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