Strange Situation Case Study

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The strange situation is an experiment designed around the natural settings of the home and involves the mother/caregiver, a baby age range from 9-18 months and a stranger. The Baby and mother are place in an environment very similar to their living room, field with numerous toys for which the baby can play and distract itself from unpleasant encounters if it needs too. The mother encourages here baby to play with the toys and actively interacts with her. In this video the child looks comfortable is okay playing and wandering around the room with the comfort of momma nearby. After a while, a stranger enters the room and stays in the room but not interacting with the child. The child in the video seems curious in the stranger and stops playing with her toys, and actively stares at the strange lady sitting in the chair ready a book. The mother tries to redirect the child to the ball but the baby stills stares at the lady, ignoring the mother’s encouragement to play with the …show more content…

Around 10-15% of children display this type of attachment. Actually in some ways this type of attachment sounds like my niece Emerson, but she does not act ambivalent or angry and resists physical contact upon reunion with my sister. However, she does not explore and is in extreme distress in the company of a stranger otherwise known as my other sister her aunt, who she sees frequently. I suppose Emerson is just insecure without the resistant part because in the reunion phase she behaves like a secure type attachment child. A fourth type is the Disorganized/Disoriented Attachment this category of attachment is open-ended meaning that many types of attachment might fall in this category. These infants unlike the others display no coping mechanisms. Around 5-10% of children display this type of attachment. It is the least common type of

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