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2023-2025 Year 12 A-Level Psychology > Attachment: Stages Of Attachment - MH > Flashcards

Attachment: Stages Of Attachment - MH Flashcards

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1
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Who carried out research on stages of attachment?

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Schaffer and Emerson (1964)

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What was the aim of Schaffer and Emerson’s research into stages of attachment?

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In investigate the formation of early attachments, the age they develop and who they are directed to

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The study by Schaffer and Emerson took place over a long period of time. What is the name for this?

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Longitudinal study

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What is a longitudinal study?

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Research that has been carried out over a long period of time

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Why was Schaffer and Emerson’s research into stages of attachment longitudinal?

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Babies and mothers were visited in their own home every month for the first year and then again at 18 months

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What was the sample of Schaffer and Emerson’s research into stages of attachment?

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60 working class newborn babies and their mothers from Glasgow

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How often were the babies and mothers observed?

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Every month for the first year and then again at 18 months

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Who was the sample of Schaffer and Emerson’s research into stages of attachment?

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60 working class newborn babies and their mothers from Glasgow

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Where there the working class newborn babies and their mothers from?

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Glasgow

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What methods were used to explore the stages of attachment by Schaffer and Emerson?

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Observations and Interviews

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AO3: Schaffer and Emerson observed and interviewed the mothers for their research into stages of attachment - why might this data collection method be problematic and why?

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Social desirability bias - the mothers may have wanted to paint themselves in a good light and look like good parents. This may mean that they said the child is more distressed upon separation that they actually were.

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How did Schaffer and Emerson measure separation anxiety?

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Infant being left alone in a room or researcher asking mother how the infant might react in this situation

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In Schaffer & Emerson’s research infants were left alone in a room or the researcher asked the mother how an infant may react in this situation.

What was this measuring?

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Separation anxiety

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How did Schaffer and Emerson measure stranger anxiety?

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The researcher started the home visit by approaching the infant to see if this distressed the child

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In Schaffer and Emerson’s research, the researcher started the home visit by approaching the infant to see if this caused distress to the child.

What was this measuring?

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Stranger Anxiety

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What are the 4 stages of attachment Schaffer and Emerson found in their research?

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Asocial (first few weeks)

Indiscriminate (2 -7 months)

Specific (from around 7 months)

Multiple (Around 1 year old)

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Babies behaviour to adults and inanimate
objects was similar

What stage of attachment is this?

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Asocial (first few weeks)

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What behaviour is displayed if an infant is in the Asocial stage of attachment?

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Babies behaviour to adults and inanimate
objects was similar

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What behaviour do infants show in the indiscriminate stage of attachment?

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  • preference to humans over inanimate objects
  • do not show stranger or separation anxiety
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Babies show a preference to people over
inanimate objects but usually do not show stranger or separation anxiety.

What stage of attachment is this?

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Indiscriminate (2-7 months)

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Babies start to form attachments and show separation and strangers anxiety when separated (particularly to the mother)

What stage of attachment is this?

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Specific Attachment (from around 7 months)

22
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what behaviour do infants show when they are in the specific stage of attachment?

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  • 7 months old - form attachments
  • display separation and stranger anxiety - in 65% of cases to the mother
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Infants form attachments to their father (75% by 18 months) and other caregivers e.g. grandparents.

What stage of attachment is this?

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Multiple

24
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What behaviour do infants display in the multiple attachment stage?

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Infants form attachments to their fathers (75% by 18 months) and other caregivers e.g. grandparents.

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How old are infants who are in the asocial stage of attachment?

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A few weeks old

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When infants are a few weeks old, which stage of attachment are they in?

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Asocial

27
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How old are infants who display behaviour of the indiscriminate stage of attachment?

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2-7 months old

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When infants are 2-7 months old, which stage of attachment are they in?

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Indiscriminate

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How old are infants when they begin to form specific attachments?

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around 7 months

30
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At around 7 months, what stage of attachment do infants show?

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Specific attachment

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How old are infants when they begin to form an attachment to their fathers?

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18 months old (75% of infants)

32
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At 18 months old, 75% of infants can form an attachment to who?

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Their fathers

33
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What did Schaffer and Emerson conclude about attachment?

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Infants can form attachment in stages, multiple attachments can be formed.

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AO3: Schaffer and Emerson’s research into stages of attachment is praised for high ecological validity. Why?

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They conducted observations in the families own home (realistic everyday environment)

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AO3: Schaffer and Emerson conducted their research through observations in the families own homes during ordinary daily activities within the home.

Why is this a strength of the research?

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  • higher ecological validity
  • easier to generalise findings to real life examples of attachment
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AO3: If Schaffer and Emerson’s research into stages of attachment has high ecological validity, what validity does this increase?

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External validity

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AO3: Schaffer and Emerson’s research is prone to social desirability bias. Why is this?

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Interviews were used to gather information about the child’s behaviour/attachments and mothers may have wanted to show themselves in a good light. This may mean they said their children were more distressed on separation than they actually were.

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AO3: Interviews were used in Schaffer and Emerson’s research to gather information about the infants from their mothers. Why is this an issue?

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It makes the research prone to social desirability bias

39
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AO3: Schaffer and Emerson’s research is prone to social desirability bias.

Does this reduce the internal validity or the external validity of the research?

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Internal validity

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AO3: Why are the interviews used by Schaffer and Emerson prone to social desirability?

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The mothers may lie about their child’s behaviour to present their parenting in the best possible light.

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AO3: Why is Schaffer and Emerson’s research Culture bias?

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Sample from Glasgow (same city)

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A03: The sample from Schaffer and Emerson’s research included 60 working class newborn babies and their mothers from Glasgow. Why is this an issue?

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Culture Bias

43
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Schaffer and Emerson’s research was longitudinal. What does this mean?

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The same children were followed up and observed regularly (every month for their first year of life).

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AO3: Schaffer and Emerson’s research is a longitudinal study. Why is this a strength?

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removes the confounding variable of individual differences between children

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What is stage one and what behaviour can you expect to see from an infant in this stage?

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Asocial - first few weeks. Infants behaviour to adults and inanimate objects is similar. However, infants are happier when in the presence of other humans.

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What is stage two and what behaviour can you expect to see from an infant in this stage?

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Indiscriminate (2-7 months) - infants show a preference to people over inanimate objects but usually do not show stranger or separation anxiety.

47
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What is stage three and what behaviour can you expect to see from an infant in this stage?

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Specific - from around 7 months infants start to form attachments and show separation and stranger anxiety when separated from their primary caregiver. In 65% of cases, the specific attachment was with the mother.

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What is stage four and what behaviour would you expect to see from an infant in this stage?

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Within 1 month of forming a specific attachment, 29% of children formed multiple attachments. By 1 year most infants had multiple attachments. At 18 months, 75% of children had an attachment with their father.

2023-2025 Year 12 A-Level Psychology (44 decks)

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