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Sessions:
Attachment: Session 3
Ainsworth and the Strange Situation
Jeffery Smith, MD
jssmith@me.com
Reading: Becoming Attached, Robert Karen, Sections 2 & 3 to page 266.
Written Assignment: After each session, please write a 1 page reacton: "What struck you about this reading." Bring your paper to share at the beginning of class.
A Few Key Points--
Two hours a week: Ainsworth's methodology
Child observation in context
Harlow and the Strange Situation
Developmental psychology and behaviorism
What happened after age two? Stroufe and beyond
Internal Working Models
How anxious attachment influences experience
Shame
Kagan's challenge