The Strange Situation is a structured observation of infant attachment behavior during exploration, separation, and reunion. It examines how infants use a caregiver as a secure base and respond to disrupted access. Its classifications describe assessment patterns, not permanent personalities or results interchangeable with adult measures.
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- DomainConversation & Relationships
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Related entries name an idea, effect or practice that belongs to a model or tool of the series. They are not models or tools themselves and are not counted as such; each one leads to the model or tool it comes from, and to its Executive Insight Brief.
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Theories & Explanatory Models
Explains how or why a communication process works by relating mechanisms, conditions or variables. Its value is an account that can guide inquiry into what produces an outcome, rather than a name for the outcome alone.