If you were to replicate a study using the “Strange situation paradigm”, what would you do to ensure that the study was conducted ethically? Think about the fact that you are creating distress in very young children—

rst by separating them from their mothers and then by exposing them to a stranger.

How would you share the results of the study with the parents? For example, if the study showed their child to have an ambivalent/resistant attachment, would you tell the parents? We know that resistant attachment in early childhood may create certain diculties with relationships in later life, but will revealing this information only make matters worse?