Thursday, January 7, 2010

Ainsworth Strange Situation

Free Response Question #1 of 2008 AP Psychology Exam included a section where students were asked to "summarize one main idea or finding" from Mary Ainsworth's studies on attachment.

Students were then asked to "provide a specific example of actions the Smith-Garcias (a fictitious set of parents) might take to raise their child to produce positive outcomes" in the area of self-reliance using Ainsworth's theories.

A number of good video clips exist showing various aspects of Ainsworth's research and demonstrate her "strange situation" study. Wherever possible, I've included multiple sites where the clips can be found.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTsewNrHUHU
http://vodpod.com/watch/1856913-the-strange-situation-mary-ainsworth
http://www.psychexchange.co.uk/videos/view/20206/


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3634664472704568591#
http://www.psychexchange.co.uk/videos/view/20042/

http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/attachment/

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