Comments on: The Strange Situation – Mary Ainsworth

By: TEENgirl92

TEENgirl92 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:02:30 +0000

that baby must have been scared to death..listen to her crying

By: thepinkspiders111

thepinkspiders111 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:53:32 +0000

not ver ethnical

By: 87valeria87

87valeria87 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:48:42 +0000

Don’t be fool. The baby won’t have any repercussion after this experience. Babies cry also when their parents don’t change theri nappy or when they leave them at school. Are these traumatic experiences???

By: DeadlyEpicBuzzMan

DeadlyEpicBuzzMan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:53:30 +0000

Using this to study for my Developmental Psychology exam,thanks!And although it may be awful to see the baby crying, it is an important way of examining attachment and relationships, how else are we to know? Saying it is unethical is like saying its wrong to have a child crying when you’re putting it to bed, babies cry, we’re just finding out what upsets them

By: GoldenBoyNC

GoldenBoyNC — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:37:21 +0000

That’s definitely a discussion point but don’t worry. These experiments face rigid analysis by psychological governing bodies and it is deemed safe and ethical, which by todays standards mean that the participants should not experience any psychological harm. Experiments like Zimbardo’s, Milgram’s and Harlow’s studies are the ones that I’ve learnt about which have real ethical issues and probably wouldn’t be allowed today.

By: thepinkspiders111

thepinkspiders111 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:06:24 +0000

yes certainly zimbardo wouldnt be allowed today, but would the strange situation?

By: GoldenBoyNC

GoldenBoyNC — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:28:11 +0000

I’m only a A/S level Psychology so by no means am I an expert but there was a meta-analysis study on cultural variations of attachment. There were a huge amounts of studies among 8 or 9 different countries. I imagine if they wanted to do it today to see if the results are specific to time periods as well as culture, they would be allowed but it’s a good point. Where is the line between ethical and unethical and how far can the boundaries be pushed in the modern day?

By: thepinkspiders111

thepinkspiders111 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:32:33 +0000

yes the meta analysis of van den Dries,
van IJzendoorn, Marinus H. ans so on. well it is true that the BPS are constantly changeing the rules on ethics. however they are only guidlines so it doesnt restrict a psychologist from doing this study aniway, they would merely be booted out of the society. i was wondering if this study has been re- done today?.

By: Azl0r

Azl0r — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:58:33 +0000

The way the baby identifies safety with the mother is truly amazing

By: sueod628

sueod628 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00:17 +0000

There are very important safeguards in place when this procedure is used in research. I can’t speak for the video because I don’t know the source, but reputable researchers who use the strange situation are very careful with the children. All institutions use Human Subjects committees to ensure the safety of the participants, and all of the psychological journals ensure that the studies that they publish have been conducted under the auspices of such an oversight group.