A child grows an attachment with their caregiver. As infants we begin to see caregivers other than their mother such as nannies or grandmothers or even strangers. Many infants are separated from their mother, this can have positive and or negative effects on the child. It is important for the reader to know that all children have individual differences in attachment which can be caused by the situations the child is put through during the first year of life. The Strange Situation is an assessment technique to study a child between the age of twelve to eighteen months old and is held in a subtle lab room. The research method used by Ainsworth is a laboratory observation.The children are viewed through a one way window as they go through 8
