The Strange Situation - Mary Ainsworth

Developmental psychology.

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Science & Technology

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• Ainsworth
• Strange
• Situation
• developmental
• psychology

[stevedoetsch]

I suspect that scientists are aliens from outer space, as any one born in a human family in the last thousand years would not need a study to learn what's in this video.

[thibs44]

@stevedoetsch (Sigh). I give up.

[G4M3RGIR1]

"Children like their parents more than strangers", thanks Ms. PhD!

[thibs44]

@G4M3RGIR1 That line doesn't appear anywhere in the film - you made it up. You've missed the whole point of the Strange Situation.

[thibs44]

You've missed the entire point of the research. The point is that children can show dramatic differences in their reactions to the Strange Situation (e.g., not all children cry when mom leaves!), and that these differences are important.

[Videodrome24]

@sleep1937 Taking it in two hours. Well played, sleep1937.

[Kyboixx]

@G4M3RGIR1 actually the experiment was carried out by Ainsworth to see what attachment type the child was, i won't go into detail, but actually some children were easily comforted by a stranger, some didn't care whether the motherleft the room or not, this research allowed us to see through Vanijzendorn and Krunenbergs meta analysis how children attached to caregivers through different cultures....

[aedaii]

so distressing for the child!

[LilLucyLamb]

@elleriicee Learning Theory isn't Bowlby's Theory. Learning Theory is Classical Conditioning (Pavlov's dogs) and Operant conditioning (Dollard and Miller) Learning Theory suggests that attachment is learnt through these types of conditioning. Bowlby's Theory is that attachment is not learnt, but inborn, it is an innate drive that infants have to survive, one example of this is Lorenz's geese.

[rietjer1]

@pops24x7 she says "goed zo" which means well done :p

it's dutch

[pops24x7]

ok im watching this to revise but at 00:34 i can hear a whisper and to me it sounds like kill self or something like that :S

[clemssss]

@Sly1984montreal This experiment doesn't just prove one single and narrow point. It links to other things.

[elleriicee]

would you say this experiment is to do with learning theory? (bowlby's theory) x

[thomasjeeh]

@Sly1984montreal If you are refering to my comment, you should re-read it. There is no verbal agressiveness in there, in whatever way you could read it. I was only asking you if you were (not) able to see that a person could extract knowledge from this type of experiment. The point of this video is to demonstrate what a baby at this age has developed, and what it has not.

[thomasjeeh]

@Sly1984montreal Are you not able to see that one could extract knowledge from this type of experiment?