Assignment
Instructions
Watch the video, Mary Ainsworth: Attachment and the Growth of Love, about her research with the strange situation test. Use the Case Analysis Worksheet [DOCX] and your understanding of the case study to analyze assumptions and evidence presented in the video.
To fill out the worksheet, work your way through the table of analysis components, and include your responses in the rows next to the components. There are notes in the table to help you identify what is needed in each area. As you complete the worksheet, make sure your responses accomplish the following:
• Explain the main purpose for researching this phenomenon in the case and developing a theory in child development.
• Apply the presented point of view to the research findings.
o Identify the video's position or point of view. Who, or what group, is represented?
• Describe the physical, social, or cognitive aspects of child development discovered.
o Highlight the primary arguments the author makes in regards to each category.
• Apply theories of child development to the case.
o Summarize and cite at least one other child development theory to apply.
o Compare and contrast your selected theory with the theory within the case to explain your rationale.
• Apply existing research findings to a suggested recreation of research.
o Imagine recreating this research. What would you change in order to obtain stronger results?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.