Stranger Attachment Study
According to Maurer and Maurer (1989), the attachment is a strong emotional tie that develops over time between an infant and their primary caregivers or the persons to who they are most strongly attached.
The Stranger Situation study was used by Ainsworth and Bell (1970) to measuring attachment. The aim was to see how infant act under conditions of mild stress.
Three participants were mothers, infant and stranger. A child is placed in 8 different situations and combining mothers and stranger connects with an infant. Mother and child put into a room alone and the child explore the toys. A stranger enters the room and …show more content…
The stranger Situation does not have the same meaning for the Japanese as it does for American participants. Japanese infants are never left alone. Suggest by As Miens (2003) in traditional Japanese culture, it would appear that stranger situation is not appropriate and accurate measure of attachment security since the procedure is too far removed from the infant`s everyday experiences of caregiving. This theory was gender bias it only uses one parent the mother and cultural …show more content…
Bowlby (1944) did a study of 44 juvenile thieves. The aims were to investigate the maternal deprivation hypothesis.
The participants were 88 children range in age from 5 to 16 were selected were Bowlby worked at a clinic.44 of the children had been referred to the clinic because of stealing. Bowlby identified 16 of these thieves as affectionless psychopaths. A psychiatrist (BowIby) interview the children and their families find out information about the early life.
Bowlby found that 86%of thieves were the affectionless psychopath who had experienced" early and prolonged separation from their mothers''. Only 17% also experience separation.4% had experienced frequent early separation. Bowlby concluded that maternal deprivation in the early child`s life can cause permanent damage to social and emotional development. It can lead to antisocial behaviour and affectionless psychopath. Bowlby and colleagues suggest that individual difference children who are securely are attached may cope better with
The Stranger Situation study was used by Ainsworth and Bell (1970) to measuring attachment. The aim was to see how infant act under conditions of mild stress.
Three participants were mothers, infant and stranger. A child is placed in 8 different situations and combining mothers and stranger connects with an infant. Mother and child put into a room alone and the child explore the toys. A stranger enters the room and …show more content…
The stranger Situation does not have the same meaning for the Japanese as it does for American participants. Japanese infants are never left alone. Suggest by As Miens (2003) in traditional Japanese culture, it would appear that stranger situation is not appropriate and accurate measure of attachment security since the procedure is too far removed from the infant`s everyday experiences of caregiving. This theory was gender bias it only uses one parent the mother and cultural …show more content…
Bowlby (1944) did a study of 44 juvenile thieves. The aims were to investigate the maternal deprivation hypothesis.
The participants were 88 children range in age from 5 to 16 were selected were Bowlby worked at a clinic.44 of the children had been referred to the clinic because of stealing. Bowlby identified 16 of these thieves as affectionless psychopaths. A psychiatrist (BowIby) interview the children and their families find out information about the early life.
Bowlby found that 86%of thieves were the affectionless psychopath who had experienced" early and prolonged separation from their mothers''. Only 17% also experience separation.4% had experienced frequent early separation. Bowlby concluded that maternal deprivation in the early child`s life can cause permanent damage to social and emotional development. It can lead to antisocial behaviour and affectionless psychopath. Bowlby and colleagues suggest that individual difference children who are securely are attached may cope better with