Introduction To Attachment

Question 1

Describe reciprocity

Answer 1

Mothers and infants respond to each others signals afflicting a response from one another.

Forms from 3 months

Question 2

What did Brazelton say about reciprocity?

Answer 2

It’s like a dance between infant and mother

Question 3

Describe interactional synchrony

Answer 3

Interactions become coordinated (at same time)

Question 4

What did Isabella et al say about interactional synchrony?

Answer 4

Quality of an attachment is linked to interactional synchrony

Question 5

Describe one limitation of caregiver infant interactions (AO3)

Answer 5

What is being observed is simply hand gestures or changes in expressions. Therefore hard to be certain what is going on. Cannot be sure behaviour seen has a special meaning.

Question 6

Describe another limitation of caregiver infant interactions (purpose) (AO3)

Answer 6

Fieldman:

Synchrony simply describes behaviours that occur at the same time. May not be particularly useful as does not tell us the purpose of interactions.

Question 7

Describe parent infant attachment

Answer 7

Traditionally attach to mother to form primary attachment and then secondary attachments afterwards.

75% of infants observed attached to father after 18M

Question 8

Describe Grossmans findings and procedure.

Answer 8

Longitudinal study looking at parents behaviour and quality of children’s attachment

Found that attachment with mother related to adolescent relationships/ attachments ( are fathers important)

Question 9

Describe fathers as primary attachment figures and Fields research.

Answer 9

Adopt behaviours associated with mothers.

Field —> observed primary and secondary attachment fathers and found they can be primary attachment figured.

Question 10

One limitation of attachment figures (fathers) (AO3)

Answer 10

Inconsistent findings on fathers. Different psychologists research different aspects of father’s role. Some found fathers can tackle a motherly role and some found different. Psychologists cannot easily answer the question.

Question 11

Describe another limitation for attachment figures (fathers and normality) (AO3)

Answer 11

MacCallum and Golombock —>

Found children growing up in single parent/ same sex families do not develop differently. Suggests father’s role is not important.