Role Of The Father

Question 1

How often did Schaffer and Emerson find fathers as the primary care giver

Answer 1

3% of the time

Question 2

When do most infants form an attachment to their father by

Answer 2

75% by 18 months

Question 3

Grossmann procedures

Answer 3

Longitudinal study

Observed parents interactions and infants till teens

Question 4

Grossmann Findings

Answer 4

Quality of Infants later relationships are impacted by Quality of attachment to mother at young age

Father’s Quality of play impacts the later relationships

Father’s role is play

Question 5

Field Procedures

Answer 5

Compared the interactions between four month old babies and either:
Primary caregiver mother
Secondary caregiver father
Primary caregiver father

Question 6

Field findings

Answer 6

Primary caregiver fathers gave as much interaction as Primary caregiver mothers

Father’s Role is flexible