role of the father

Question 1

role of father a01

Answer 1

traditionally role of father limited
men go to work and provide resources
women stay at home and take care of children
recently, role of father has changed

contradictory evidence from research
some researchers claim men are not equipped to form attachments
lie on biological evidence which suggests hormone oestrogen explains caring behaviour in women and men’s lack of oestrogen explains why they unable to form close attachments

other researchers agrue that fathers do not take on caregiver role, instead they are the play mate

wheras, oters say fathers do respond to their needs of children and therefore can form a strong emotional bond with their children

Question 2

Grossman et al

Answer 2

carried out longitudinal study
babies attachments studied until teenagers
researchers looked at parents behaviour and the quality of babys attchments to other people
if babys attachment is strong with mother than father-adolescence

grossman also found that qualotys of fathers play with babies related to quality of adolscent attachments
sugegts fathers have diffreent role than mothers-more about play and stimuation rather than empitonal devleopment

Question 3

grossman et al

Answer 3

carried out longituldinal study
babies attahcment studied until teenagers
looked at parent behaviour and its relationship between babies later attachments with other people
attachment with mother and nt father=adolescence
suggets attachment in mother is more important than father

fathers have doiffrent roles to mothers-more to do with play and stimualtion less to do with emotional development

Question 4

research to mention after grossman

Answer 4

pederson

belived fathers are imporatnt and highly valued attachment figures

more ctively involved a 6 month year old baby was with father, higher they scored on infant devlopemnt scale

Question 5

field

Answer 5

suggests when fathers take on role as being mai cargiver, they adopt behaviour which have been in the past associated with mothersr

filmed 4 month old babies with interactions betweeen primary caregiver mothers, primary caregiver fathers and secondary caregiver fathers

found primay caregiver fathres spent more time smiling and holding infants than secodary cargiver fathers

Question 6

strength-can be used to offer advice to parents

Answer 6

can be used to offer advice to parents

mothers may feel pressureed to stay at home due to sterotypical views
fathers may feel presssured to work
some faimiles may not be economical solutio
research into role of father offers avice for parents
heterosexual parents can know that fathers can be capable of becoming primary attachment figures
lesibain and single mother faimiles can know not having a father does not affect childs devlopment

Question 7

wekaness-researchers are interested in differnt research questions

Answer 7

researchers are interseted in different research questions

some psycholgoicts want to understand role of father as secondary attachment figures

others more concerned with primary

tended to see fathers act different to mothers and have distinct role

take on maternal role

makes it difficult for pscyholgoists to offer an answer to quesion, what is the role of a father

Question 8

weakness-research suggests fathers are not equipped as mothers to provide a sensitive and nurturing attachment

Answer 8

hrdy found that fathers were less able to detect low levels of infant distress, in comparison to mothers

Question 9

weakness-evidence undermines the idea of fathers having distinct roles

Answer 9

grossman found that fathers as secondary attachment figures had an important and distinct role in their child’s development, involving play and stimulation