Role of the father Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

_% of babies were attached with their father by around 18 months

A

75%

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Who is the ‘father’ in psychology?

A

The main male caregiver

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Can fathers be the primary attachment figure?

A

Yes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What is the primary caregiver?

A

The person that the baby spends the most time with

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What did Grossman look at during his study?

A

Both parents’ behaviour and its relationship to the quality of their baby’s later attachments to others

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What did Grossman find out about the quality of the fathers’ play?

A

The quality of the play related to the quality of the adolescent attachments

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What did Grossman conclude with his study?

A

That the father’s role is less to do with emotional development and more to do with play and stimulation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What did Field do during her study?

A

She filmed 4 month old babies in face-to-face interactions with primary caregiver mothers, primary caregiver fathers and secondary caregiver fathers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What did she see with primary caregiver fathers?

A

Just like primary caregiver mothers they spent more time smiling, imitating and holding babies that secondary caregiver fathers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What did Field conclude from her study?

A

That fathers have potential to be the more emotion-focused primary attachment figure

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly