Strange situation

It's also normal for a child to be calmed down rather quickly by that caregiver when they return.

There is lots of information out there on attachment theory if you want to learn more, for example, about something called the Strange Situation Experiment, etc.

It's really interesting stuff.

You may have learned about it in school.

It's something we do, but don't necessarily, or really explicit about all the time.

Hans, we were chatting earlier about the idea of the strange situation and how you might think through that lens, seeing like kids, you know, attachment strategies.

And I was wondering if you could say a little more about that, because I love the way that you're looking at this microcosm through Ainsworth's lens.

Yes, so the first week is where it all happens.

that scared or stressed out but they um uh yeah don't have words to tell us that but when they get their phone they send a message to their parents this is like the worst day of my life if you don't come and get me i'll do something tonight then the parents call are you doing a good job over there because my daughter is really threatening with suicide and knew this was a bad idea and giving our kid to us

Hey, Hans, can I pause you just for a second? Because I was just suddenly thinking of our listeners.

If they're not familiar with this, can I quickly define the strange situation? Yeah.

So Mary Ainsworth came up with a strange situation as a procedure to be able to look at children's attachment strategies.

It's also normal for a child to be calmed down rather quickly by that caregiver when they return.

There is lots of information out there on attachment theory if you want to learn more, for example, about something called the Strange Situation Experiment, etc.

It's really interesting stuff.

You may have learned about it in school.

It's the idea that early attachment experiences contribute to expectations about relationships, whether other people are reliable, whether we're worthy of care and what relationships generally make us feel like.

Ainsworth's Strange Situation was designed to study attachment behaviour through separation and reunions with a caregiver and the presence of a stranger.

Patterns such as secure, insecure avoidant and insecure resistant attachment were identified.

So let's apply it.