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To what extent do Cross cultural variations affect the development of Attachment? There are two main types of attachment. they are secure and insecure attachment, under insecure attachment comes avoidant and resistant attachment, this could be due to the carer being rejecting or inconsistent. This means of measuring attachment was tested by Ainsworth and Bell in 1970. They found that most children in the uk are securely attached however 12% have an insecure/avoidant attachment and 17% have a insecure/resistant attachment. They found that attachment can be measured.They did there experiment using the strange situation, this observational testing was simple and a recognised technique. They found that children that were securely attached at 18 months were still well attached at 6 years old. They also discovered that 3 categories did apply to participants. Mains at Al in 1985 thought Ainsworth and Bells experiment was valid, however Bates et Al in 1985 thought...

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