Attachment Booklet 1

Question 1

Define attachment

Answer 1

Emotional tie between two people, two way process that endured over tome, leads to certain behaviours such as clinging and proximity seeking

Question 2

Reciprocity

Answer 2

Infants coordinate their actions with caregivers, act as if they are taking turns

Question 3

What is interactional synchrony

Answer 3

Temporal coordination of micro level social behaviour, actions and emotions mirror each other

Question 4

What age is asocial stage

Answer 4

0-6 weeks

Question 5

What ages is indiscriminate attachment stage

Answer 5

6 weeks to 6 months

Question 6

Age of specific attachments

Answer 6

7-12 months

Question 7

Age of multiple attachment stage

Answer 7

10/11 months +

Question 8

What is asocial stage

Answer 8

Babies show similar responses to objects and people, don’t prefer certain people, prefer to look at moth and eyes and learn from familiar smells and sound

Question 9

What is indiscriminate attachment stage

Answer 9

Babies become more sociable, can tell people apart and prefer familiar company, can be comforted by anyone, don’t show fear of strangers

Question 10

What is specific attachment stage

Answer 10

Baby begins to show seperation anxiety, show fear of strangers

Question 11

What is multiple attachment phase

Answer 11

Multiple attachments follow soon after the first attachment, baby shows secondary attachments towards several people such as grandparents and siblings

Question 12

2 strengths of schaffers study

Answer 12

Longitudinal study was used which reduces individual differences adding consistency

Multiple research methods used such as interviews and observations collects more data so generalised

Question 13

2 weaknesses of schaffers study

Answer 13

Limited bias sample of 60 babies from Glasgow’s, doesn’t explore child rearing so reduces validity

Outdated, 1964 and parenting techniques have evolved such as stay at home fathers which reduces accuracy of results