Lesson 4.1.3.3

4.1.3.3 Ainsworth's Strange Situation and cultural variations Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. Which behaviour in the Strange Situation is key for classifying an infant's attachment type?

    • Exploratory behaviour
    • Separation anxiety
    • Stranger anxiety
    • Reunion behaviour

  2. Which attachment type features high exploration, moderate separation anxiety, and easy comfort on reunion?

    • Insecure-avoidant
    • Secure attachment
    • Disorganised attachment
    • Insecure-resistant

  3. Which attachment type features low separation anxiety and avoidance of the caregiver upon reunion?

    • Secure attachment
    • Disorganised attachment
    • Insecure-avoidant
    • Insecure-resistant

  4. Which attachment type features extreme separation distress and resistance to caregiver comfort upon reunion?

    • Insecure-avoidant
    • Insecure-resistant
    • Secure attachment
    • Disorganised attachment

  5. How many separate episodes make up the Strange Situation procedure?

    • Twelve
    • Three
    • Eight
    • Four

  6. Which attachment type did van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg find was most common across all cultures?

    • Secure attachment
    • Insecure-avoidant
    • Insecure-resistant
    • Disorganised attachment

  7. Why did German infants show higher rates of insecure-avoidant attachment in cross-cultural studies?

    • Infrequent separations
    • Encouraging independence
    • Overprotective caregiving
    • High stranger distress

  8. Why did Japanese infants show higher rates of insecure-resistant attachment in cross-cultural research?

    • Strict independence training
    • Multiple primary caregivers
    • Rare mother-infant separation
    • High institutional care

  9. A 14-month-old becomes very distressed on separation, is not comforted on reunion and keeps moving between seeking and pushing away the caregiver. Which classification is most likely?

    • Imprinted
    • Insecure-avoidant
    • Insecure-resistant
    • Secure

  10. A child shows little distress when the caregiver leaves and ignores the caregiver when they return. Which classification is most likely?

    • Secure
    • Monotropic
    • Insecure-avoidant
    • Insecure-resistant

  11. What is a major methodological criticism of Ainsworth's Strange Situation procedure?

    • Low ecological validity
    • Lack of standardisation
    • Poor inter-observer reliability
    • Small sample size

  12. Which feature demonstrates high inter-observer reliability in the Strange Situation controlled observation?

    • High ecological validity
    • Cross-cultural validity
    • Uncontrolled variables
    • High observer agreement

  13. In a sample of 100 infants, 66 are classified as secure, 20 as avoidant and 14 as resistant. What percentage are classified as insecure?

    • 14 per cent
    • 20 per cent
    • 66 per cent
    • 34 per cent

  14. An infant explores freely with the caregiver present, becomes upset when they leave, and is quickly comforted when they return. Which classification fits best?

    • Insecure-resistant attachment
    • Insecure-avoidant attachment
    • No attachment
    • Secure attachment

  15. Cross-cultural research indicates that differences in attachment types are primarily caused by which factor?

    • Infant temperament
    • Genetic differences
    • Economic prosperity
    • Child-rearing practices

  16. Another name for insecure-resistant attachment is which of these?

    • Secure attachment
    • Avoidant attachment
    • Disorganised attachment
    • Ambivalent attachment

  17. What term describes assuming Western attachment categories apply universally across all other cultures?

    • Ethnocentric bias
    • Observer bias
    • Imposed etic
    • Demand characteristics

  18. In cultures where infants are rarely separated from mothers, separation episodes cause excessive what?

    • Independent exploration
    • Caregiver avoidance
    • Separation distress
    • Stranger tolerance

  19. Which confounding variable competing with attachment style might the Strange Situation actually measure?

    • Innate temperament
    • Birth order
    • Social class
    • Cognitive ability

  20. In a study of 120 infants, 45 per cent were classified as secure. How many infants were secure?

    • 66
    • 45
    • 54
    • 75

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