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Cultural Variations in Attachment Studies: The Strange Situation

Understand cultural factors influencing attachment types through cross-cultural research on the Strange Situation. Explore collectivist vs. individualist cultures' impact on attachment styles.

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Cultural Variations in Attachment Studies: The Strange Situation

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  1. Complete the test on the Strange Situation.You have 15 minutes.If you finish early, try and write an exam question on the Strange Situation. Here are some command words to get you started:Describe, Explain, Outline,Evaluate, Apply, Design.Then write down what you’d give marks for.

  2. The Strange Situation Cultural Variations of Attachment Studies

  3. What is culture? Culture is a concept that is really hard to define. It’s made up of a number of different factors that uniquely combine to represent a group of people. Culture’s can be as large as a continent, or as small as a group of friends. Using the sheets I’ve given you, see if you can put together a definition of what culture is.

  4. Types of culture Globally, cultures can be divided into two very broad categories:

  5. z z Culture and the Strange Situation The Strange Situation is a product of American Culture - Ethnocentric The findings from the experiment may not be applicable to other cultures. Do we even think culture is homogenous across the USA?

  6. z Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg (1988) • Meta-analysis of results of 32 Strange Situation Experiments across 8 different countries and 1,990 children. • Germany, Israel, Japan, China, USA, Sweden, Netherland, Great Britain • They were looking for variation of attachment typesBETWEEN countriesWITHIN countries

  7. You’ve got five minutes. On your tables, identify which of the following are collectivist, which are individualist: • Netherlands • Israel • China • USA • Great Britain • Germany • Japan • Sweden

  8. z Differences WITHIN Countries • Differences within countries were found to be 150% bigger than across countries. • For example, within the USA studies, the lowest rate of Type B was 46% in one study and 90% in another. • America is a HUGE multicultural society.

  9. Why are Type-C attachments more common in collectivist cultures? • Individualist cultures tend to raise children to be more independent and self-sufficient than collectivist. • In Japan for example, a mother is expected to be constantly present for a child all the way up until at least three years old. • As a result, children can become incredibly distressed from separation.

  10. Answer the questions on page 31-34 of your work pack. After that, answer questions on the worksheet. You can use your mask textbook, or the photocopy of GHG to help with both tasks.

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