OBSERVATION. The child I am observing is 13 months old.His name is Saif. He has
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OBSERVATION.
The child I am observing is 13 months old.His name is Saif. He has brown eyes and has short black hair. He is sitting on the floor in his living room which is sparsely furnished with three sofas and a TV. The room is very comfortable, and it appears it was furnished with his comfort and safety in mind.
Saif is very interested in facial expressions. He reacts accordingly. When his mom smiles at him, he smiles back at her. When he is smiling, he opens and closes his hands and, at times, wiggles his toes at the same time. If his mom is not smiling or paying attention to him, he will bring her a toy after watching her for a moment. Also, he cries whenever mom leaves the room. I observed extreme separation anxiety. He acts perfectly fine when mom is around I think he is gauging her emotions and likes the comfort of her stare. Saif watched me also. I wanted to stay aside from him during my observation but he always reacted when he paid attention to me. If I was taking notes, he would sometimes crawl over to me, sit near my legs with a toy, and periodically look up at me. Saifs’s behavior is typical for his age, I think he is very social and enjoys interacting with others as well as playing independently for short periods of time.
1. What, in your opinion, is the quality of the mother/infant attachment?
2. How would you classify the attachment using the "Strange Situation Technique" as outlined by Ainsworth. Possible classifications are: Secure, Avoidant, Ambivalent, and Disorganized.
3. Support your classification with report of observed behaviors.
4. Describe ways that children with problem attachment patterns of Avoidant, Ambivalent or Disorganized attachment can be helped.
Explanation / Answer
1. What, in your opinion, is the quality of the mother/infant attachment?
in my opinion, the quality of attachment is very high. The child gets anxious when the mother is not around, who is the primary care giver, and realises her absence. Also, when she is around, he feels safe and free , even in the presence of a stranger.m
2. How would you classify the attachment using the "Strange Situation Technique" as outlined by Ainsworth. Possible classifications are: Secure, Avoidant, Ambivalent, and Disorganized.
Here’s the child is showing extreme anxiety when the care giver is leaving, though he is very pleased in the presence of his mother and doesn’t appear that he cannot trust his mother for giving care to him. Hence, in this case the attachment can be termed as secure.
3. Support your classification with report of observed behaviors.
In this case, the child is extremently happy around his mother, hence it is not avoidant. The situation is not disorganised since every time the mother goes away, the child behaves in the same way. The situation is also not ambivalent since he feels secure enough in the presence of his mother, also learning the behaviour of playing independently for short durations. He feels reassured when she is around, as he is not crying anymore in her presence, as was seen on separation. Hence, this is a secure attachment pattern.
4. Describe ways that children with problem attachment patterns of Avoidant, Ambivalent or Disorganized attachment can be helped.
children with problems with the other three types of attachment can be helped by increased care from the primary care giver. One of the main reasons why such patterns develop us due to the lack of care form the primary care giver and due to some sorts of abuse by the parent. If such malpractices are removed, the attachment with the mother or any primary caregiver would become secure or turn out to be more amicable as compared to the current distressed situation.
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