Answer:
The "strange situation" experiment was designed by Mary Ainsworth to observe emotional attachment between children and adults. It was widely conducted in the 1970s and 1980s.
Step-by-step explanation:
The experiment was conducted as following:
- A number of children were observed playing for 21 minutes as new people are introduced into the room as they play. The actions of the child are monitored during these 21 minutes.
- The emotional response of the children from the 1st minute till the last minute were observed and compared.
- The Hypothesis was that the child's attachment to their mother or a mother-like figure is completely dependent on how these adults behaved with and around these children.