role of the father

Question 1

schaffer (1964) parental-infant attachment

Answer 1

-mothers are the first people become attached to at 7 months
-after they begin to look for secondary attachments
(father)
-75% of infants formed an attachment to father within 18 months

Question 2

what was the aim of Grossman (2002)

Answer 2

to find out how important fathers are in childrens development and do they have a distinct role

Question 3

what was the procedure of Grossman 2002

Answer 3

they looked at the parents behaviour and its relationship to the quality of childrens attachment experience (44 families)

Question 4

what were Grossmans (2002) findings

Answer 4

-quality of infant attachment with mothers related to attachments in adolescence
-fathers attachment is less important
-quality of father play with infants was related to quality of adolescent attachments

Question 5

what was Field’s (1978) theory

Answer 5

there is some evidence to show that fathers take the role of main caregiver

Question 6

what was fields procedure

Answer 6

he filmed four month old babies face to face interaction with their parents
-mother as the primary caregiver
-father as the primary caregiver
-father as the secondary caregiver

Question 7

what were Fields findings

Answer 7

the primary caregiver spent more time smiling, imitating, and holding the infants compared to secondary caregivers