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14 Development of attachment – Key Research Ainsworth and Bell (1970) Attachment, Exploration and Separation: Illustrated by the Behavior of One- year-olds in a Strange Situation. Describe the Ainsworth and Bell study. Evaluate the study through appropriate issues and debates. Use the study to explain the development of attachments. OCR resource: Lesson Element and , The Strange Situation Methodology, Ainsworth and Bell lesson element Students summarise the study with the use of the following key terms: Exploration, proximity seeking, secure base, stranger anxiety, separation protest, resistance, responsive, sensitive. Methodological issues questions: Why did the study have high inter-rater reliability? How were extraneous variables minimised? What strengths are there in this controlled observation? Why may external validity be low? Ainsworth and Bell’s study can be criticised for having sampling bias and being ethnocentric because… Key terms consolidation test. Exploration, proximity seeking, secure base, stranger anxiety, separation protest, resistance, responsive, sensitive. How can the research by Ainsworth and Bell be used to explain the development of attachments 15 Development of attachment – Application At least one strategy to develop an attachment friendly environment Describe one or more strategies to develop an attachment friendly environment. Evaluate strategies to develop an attachment friendly environment. Apply knowledge of develop an attachment friendly environment to a novel source. Starter – pros and cons of day care – students discuss in groups and as a class and start a table on the day care debate. Using one or more of the articles below, add to the table. Students research the importance of hours in day care, age they go into day care and quality of day care and ideas of the psychologists Bowlby, Leach, Melhuish and Leach. What makes an attachment friendly environment? Go around the classroom and students give characteristics of such an environment. Students then write an exam type scenario which describes an attachment friendly environment. Scenario from plenary… this day care centre has won an award. Discuss how a child psychologist might apply their knowledge to explain why the day centre is such an attachment friendly environment. (10)