Caregiver Infant Interaction: Schaffer And Emerson

Question 1

what did schaffer and emerson 1964 research?

Answer 1

stages of attachment

Question 2

what’s the method of schaffer and emerson?

Answer 2

longitudinal, 60 babies and mothers glasgow working class vistes every month for first year & at 18 months. mothers asked questions about kind of seperation protest showed, assessed babies anxiety response to unfamiliar ppl

Question 3

what’s the asocial stage?

Answer 3

• first few weeks
• behaviour towards humans and objects similar
• tend to show preference of familiar people
• baby forming bonds with certain ppl

Question 4

what’s the indiscriminate attachment?

Answer 4

• 2-7 months
• prefer humans rather than objects
• prefer company of familiar ppl
• no sep anxiety or stranger anxiety

Question 5

schaffers limitations + explainations

Answer 5

• poor evidence( limited validity for asocial, young babies poor coordination, mothers find hard to observe, unreliable- appear to be asocial)
• lacks external val(working class in glasgow, low pop val, can’t gen)

Question 6

schaffers strengths

Answer 6

• real world application eg nursery + comfort if in asocial/indiscriminate stage
• longtitudal- over 18 months so can compare without individual differences. C- high drop out
• good external validity- observations by parents so behaviour observer more accurate. C- objective/recorded inaccurately

Question 7

What are the key details of specific attachment?

Answer 7

• 7 months
• attachments towards particular ppl
• anxiety w strangers when figure absent & seperated
• primary attachment figure- person most interacted with

Question 8

What are the key details of multiple attachment stage?

Answer 8

• 9 months +
• mutliple attachments with people regularly spend time with
• secondary attachments
• 1 year old= multiple attachments