1 )Mary Ainsworth developed the strange situation, which:

 A) is a means of assessing infant attachment.

 

B)puts a child in a room with crying children.

 

C)puts a child in a room with multiple strange adults.

 

D) all of the above

2 ) An infant who remains calm when its mother leaves and responds to her return in a rejecting manner is displaying _________ attachment.

A.)disoriented

 

B)resistant

 

C) avoidant

 

D) ambivalent

3 ) In many ways, Erikson viewed acquisition of a _________ as a person's major life task.

 

A)feeling of belonging

 

B. well-modulated conscience

 

C. sense of identity

 

D. none of the above

1 . Mary Ainsworth developed the strange situation, which:

 A. is a means of assessing infant attachment.

2 . An infant who remains calm when its mother leaves and responds to her return in a rejecting manner is displaying _________ attachment.

C. avoidant

3 . In many ways, Erikson viewed acquisition of a _________ as a person's major life task.

C. sense of identity

Step-by-step explanation

The strange situation is a standardized procedure that was devised by Mary Ainsworth to observe the attachment security in children. The experiment is set up in a small room and observing the infant in a series of 8 episodes:

• Mother, baby, and experimenter (lasts less than one minute).
• Mother and baby alone.
• A stranger joins the mother and infant.
• Mother leaves baby and stranger alone.
• Mother returns and stranger leaves.
• Mother leaves; infant left completely alone
• Stranger returns.
• Mother returns and stranger leaves.

Ainsworth identified three main attachment styles; secure, insecure avoidant and insecure resistant/ambivalent. The avoidant attachment involves a display of no sign of distress when the mother leaves, the infant is okay with the stranger, and the infant shows little interest when the mother returns. 

Erikson postulated a series of crises from infancy to adulthood which results to the rise of ego strengths which influence ego identity. Sense of identity was considered as the most significant task in a persons life. "Erikson believed that the primary psychosocial task of adolescence was establishing an identity. Teens struggle with the question "Who am I?" " ("Erikson: Identity Vs. Role Confusion | Lifespan Development").

Works Cited

"Erikson: Identity Vs. Role Confusion | Lifespan Development." Lumen Learning - Simple Book Production, courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-lifespandevelopment/chapter/erikson-identity-vs-role-confusion/.

"Mary Ainsworth." www.simplypsychology.org/mary-ainsworth.html.