Attachment - The role of the father Flashcards

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What percentage of fathers was the first sole object of attachment?

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3%

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2
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What percentage of cases was the father the joint first attachment with the mother?

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27%

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3
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What percentage of babies studied by Schaffer and Emerson formed an attachment with their father by 18 months?

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75%

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4
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What did Grossmann (2002) carry out?

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A longitudinal study where babies’ attachments were studied until they were in their teens

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What did the researchers look at?

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Both parent’s behaviour and its relationship to the quality of their baby’s later attachments to other people

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What was the quality of a baby’s attachment with mothers and not fathers related to?

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Attachments with adolescents - this suggests that attachments to fathers is less important that attachment with mothers

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What did Grossmann also found?

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That the quality of father’s play with babies was related to the quality of adolescent attachments

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8
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What is the role of fathers?

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Play and stimulation

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9
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What did Field (1978) do?

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Filmed 4 month old babies in face-to-face interaction with primary caregiver mothers, secondary caregiver fathers and primary caregiver fathers

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10
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What is one limitation of the role of the father?

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Confusion over research questions

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What is the evaluation of the role of the father having confusion over research questions?

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P: Lack of clarity over questions asked
E: researchers want to understand fathers in a secondary role
E: Researchers want to understand fathers in a primary role
E: former see fathers as having a distinct role
E: Latter see fathers as having a maternal role
L: Can’t offer a simple answer

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12
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What is another limitation of the role of the father?

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Conflicting evidence

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13
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What is the evaluation of the role of the father having conflicting evidence?

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P: Findings vary according to methodology used
E: Longitudinal studies label fathers as having a distinct role
E: McCallum and Golombok (2004)- children in lesbian relationships don’t develop differently
L: The question that fathers have a distinct role remain unanswered

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14
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What is one strength of the role of fathers?

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Real world application

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15
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What is the evaluation of the role of the father having real world application?

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P: Offer advice to parents
E: Mothers feel pressured to stay at home due to stereotypes
E: Fathers feel pressured to work
E: Not economically the best solution
L: Parental anxiety can be reduced