Role Of The Father

Question 1

Strength: Practical Applications

Answer 1

Findings of Fields Research, that responsiveness to a child’s needs not gender is more important, has been used to change policies, shared parental leave allows mothers and fathers to share leave, useful in families where father wants to take on role of PCG, important part of applied psychology, used to help families in real world

Question 2

Weakness: other studies from MACALLUM AND GOLOMBOCK

Answer 2

Potential criticism, Grossmans finding that fathers spas secondary attachment figure had an important role of play and stimulation, other studies from MACALLUM AND GOLOMBOK showed that children growing up in lesbian parent or single mother households do not develop differently, fathers role not solely down to gender

Question 3

Strength: Biological basis

Answer 3

Biological basis to support Grossman’s findings, female hormones create higher levels of nurturing, women are biologically predisposed to be primary caregiver, males produce more testosterone, not associated with caring, fathers role less important than mothers, several explanations to consider