Evluation of Schaffer and Emerson

Question 1

What is the problem that challenges the internal validity of the study?

Answer 1

Some mothers may have been more sensitive to their infants protests and reported them more than those who were less sensitive.

Question 2

How is social desirability bias a challenge?

Answer 2

Mothers might be influenced by what they think is socially acceptable and want to appear as good mothers.

Question 3

What exam evaluation sentence can be used when discussing social desirability bias?

Answer 3

So, the data which this theory is based on, could be unreliable.

Question 4

How is temperol validity a problem?

Answer 4

All from a working class background in the 1960s where fewer women went to work and fathers rarely stayed home, so it isn’t appropriate to generalise the findings on a non-working class family.

Question 5

How is the study a biased sample?

Answer 5

1960’s fewer women went to work and fathers rarely stayed home as the main caregiver.

Question 6

What is the problem with individualist cultures?

Answer 6

Collectivist cultures where children are cared for in communities are less likely to show such a close attachment to the parent so it lacks cross-cultural validity.