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24th September 2004 Attachment SAQs 1. Explain what is meant by the terms: 'Secure attachment' Associated with healthy emotional and social development. Securely attached infants: * Feel content to explore a strange environment * Show Some distress when caregiver leaves them * Show joy at reunion with caregiver 'Insecure attachment' There are two types of insecure attachment: Resistant-insecure and avoidant-insecure, both show disturbed behaviour during separation and reunion. Resistant-insecure: * Distressed on separation * Resist reunion with caregiver Avoidant-insecure: * Indifferent at separation with mother * Avoid contact on reunion 2. Describe the findings of two studies that have investigated cross-cultural differences in attachment. Takahashi (1990) replicated Ainsworth's strange situation technique in Japan with the aim of investigating cross-cultural differences in attachment. Takahashi wanted to know if the results Ainsworth found in the USA were the same in Japan, thus showing if there was a cultural difference. Takahashi found that 70 per cent of Japanese children were securely attached, replicating Ainsworth's findings. However, compared with...

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