Canadian-American developmental psychologist who developed the Strange Situation protocol and empirically confirmed Bowlby's attachment theory — identifying the secure, anxious-ambivalent, and avoidant attachment patterns.
The Strange Situation: a standardized laboratory procedure for assessing infant attachment — brief separations from the caregiver reveal characteristic patterns of protest and reunion. Three (later four) attachment styles: secure, anxious-ambivalent, avoidant, and disorganized. Provided the empirical foundation for Bowlby's attachment theory.
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