Ainsworth’s Strange Situation
1. Parent and infant play. 2. Parent sit while infant
plays. Uses of parents as
secure base.
4. Parent leaves, infant plays, 3. Stranger enter and talks
stranger offers comfort if to parent. Stranger
needed. Separation anxiety. anxiety.
5. Parent returns, greets infant, 6. Parent leaves, infant
offers comfort if needed; alone. Separation anxiety.
stranger leaves. Reunion
behaviour.
8. Parent returns, greets 7. Stranger enters and
infant, offers comfort. offers comfort. Stranger
Reunion behaviour. anxiety.
1. Parent and infant play. 2. Parent sit while infant
plays. Uses of parents as
secure base.
4. Parent leaves, infant plays, 3. Stranger enter and talks
stranger offers comfort if to parent. Stranger
needed. Separation anxiety. anxiety.
5. Parent returns, greets infant, 6. Parent leaves, infant
offers comfort if needed; alone. Separation anxiety.
stranger leaves. Reunion
behaviour.
8. Parent returns, greets 7. Stranger enters and
infant, offers comfort. offers comfort. Stranger
Reunion behaviour. anxiety.