Role of the father

Question 1

Who do infants seek comfort and nurturing from?

Answer 1

Mothers

Question 2

What do infants go to fathers for?

Answer 2

Turn to fathers to play as they are more physically active and better at creating challenging situations for their children.

Question 3

Who tends to be secondary attachment?

Answer 3

Fathers

Question 4

What do fathers teach children?

Answer 4

Teach them to be brave and take risks as he provides them with a secure environment.

Question 5

Grossman at al did a longitudinal study on what?

Answer 5

Looked at both parents and their effect on their babies later attachments in adolescence.

Question 6

Whose quality of attachment was more important to making later attachments?

Answer 6

Mothers.

Question 7

What did Tiffany field (1978) find?

Answer 7

Filmed 4 month olds in face to face interaction with primary caregiver mothers, primary caregiver fathers and secondary caregiver fathers. Primary mothers and fathers spent more time smiling, imitating and holding infants that secondary caregiver fathers. So key to attachment type is type of interaction, not gender.