3 Schaffer Stages of Attachment 1964

Question 1

60 babies 31 male 29 female working class family in Glasgow
Visited every month for 1 year and 18 month
Looked at separation anxiety and stranger anxiety
25-32 weeks 50% separation anxiety
40 weeks 80% securely attached 30% multiple attached

Answer 1

Stage 1 Asocial stage
Behaviour to objects and humans are similar
Stage 2 Indiscriminate stage
2-7 months babies more sociable and prefer adults to humans no anxiety shown
Stage 3 Specific attachment
7 months 65% formed specific attachment to mother usually the adult who responds best
Stage 4 multiple attachment
By 1 most babies have multiple attachments 29% had multiple 1 month after specific

Question 2

Meeting
Multiple 
Elephants 
Limited 
Asocial 
(gathering)

Answer 2

Methodologically sound longitudinal study
Hard to measure multiple attachments - bowlby 1969 playmates
Good external validity - measured at home
Methodologically flawed limited sample size
Hard to study a social stage - babies don’t move can’t express emotion etc