Role of the father

Question 1

What was Schaffer and Emerson’s procedure?

Answer 1

It was a longitudinal study from ruth to 18 months about attachment to fathers from infants

Question 2

What were Schaffer and Emerson’s findings?

Answer 2

3% of babies attached to their father first but 27% of babies attach to both parents at the same time (7 months). However, by 18 months, 75% of babies formed an attachment with their father

Question 3

What were Grossmann et al.’s findings?

Answer 3

Fathers have a different role from mothers (play and stimulation rather than emotional development) and attachment to father seems less important for teenage relationships than with mothers

Question 4

What was Field’s procedure?

Answer 4

Filing of 4 month old babies with primary caregiver fathers, primary mothers and secondary fathers

Question 5

What were Field’s findings?

Answer 5

Primary caregiver fathers spent more time smiling, holding and imitating infants than secondary and fathers can adopt a emotional role when they are primary as primary attachment has emotional significance

Question 6

What did Schaffer and Emerson investigate?

Answer 6

Attachment to fathers

Question 7

What did Grossmann et al. investigate?

Answer 7

The distinctive role for fathers

Question 8

What did Field investigate?

Answer 8

Fathers as primary attachment figures