Attatchment Flashcards
1
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What are Shaffer and Emersons theory of attachment stages?
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- Asocial
- Indiscriminate
- Specific
- multiple attachments
2
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What is the Asocial stage?
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- 0-6 weeks
- Happier in the presence of humans than alone
- Prefer faces to non faces
- Accept comfort from any adult
3
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What is the indiscriminate stage?
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- 2-7 months
- Recognise specific faces
- Prefer familiar faces
4
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What is the specific stage?
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- Begin to develop specific attachments
- Becoming distressed when separated from attachments
- Avoid unfamiliar people and protest when strangers handle them
5
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What is the multiple attachments stage?
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- Strong emotional ties with other major caregivers
- Fear of strangers weakens
- Attachment for mother is the strongest
6
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What is Interactional Synchrony?
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- When a caregiver and infant reflect the actions and emotions and do this in a co-ordinated way
7
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What was Cordan and Sander’s research?
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- Filmed mothers talking to babies
- Analysed the film frame by frame and were able to map small changes in the babies movements that corresponded with the mothers speech
8
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What does reciprocity mean?
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- a description of how two people interact
- The caregiver interaction is reciprocal because the infant and mother respond to each others signals and elicit a response
9
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What was Felman (2007)?
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- Found that the frequency of reciprocity increases from around 3 months and is signalled by more verbal and facial signals
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