Attachment - Stage Of Attachment

Question 1

In what order are the stages of attachment?

Answer 1

Asocial
Indiscriminate attachment
Specific attachment
Multiple attachment

Question 2

What is stage one? The asocial stage?

Answer 2

• 0-6 weeks
  Babies display innate behaviours that ensure proximity to any potential caregiver . As their perceptual ability is limited, they will also display these behaviours to nonhuman objects. Anyone can comfort them as they do not prefer any individual caregiver.

Question 3

What is stage two indiscriminate attachment?

Answer 3

• 6 weeks - 7 months
  Infants develop the ability to tell the difference between humans and objects and between familiar and unfamiliar individuals smiling more people they see frequently. however, they do not show stranger anxiety or separation anxiety.

Question 4

What is stage three specific attachment?

Answer 4

• 7-9 months
  Babies form a stronger attachment to a primary caregiver, most often with their mother. It is in this stage that separation anxiety and stranger anxiety develop.

Question 5

What is stage four multiple attachments?

Answer 5

• 9/10 months +
  The infant start to form attachments with other regular caregivers and stranger anxiety starts to decrease.