Caregiver Interactions (Attachment)

Question 1

How does attachment develop?

Answer 1

It develops through interaction with carers

Question 2

Who were Johnson + Morton?

Answer 2

They studied babies less than 1 hour old and showed them a schematic (recognisable) face, a scrambled face and a control face (half black and white) and measured the amount of time looking at each face

Question 3

What did Johnson + Morton find?

Answer 3

-Babies spent more time looking at the schematic face than the others
-Suggests preference is innate