Role Of The Father

Question 1

What did Geiger find?

Answer 1

He found that fathers can be both primary and secondary attachments

Question 2

What is different about the western culture?

Answer 2

Fathers were more involved with their children by present in birth feeding and nappy changing but roopnanne said that there are culture differences

Question 3

what did paquette say about fathers and Mothers structure of talk

Answer 3

That fathers commonly structure their talk around play whilst mothers structure their talk to comfort and soothe their children( emotional)

He found that fathers were less likely to encourage their children to take risks

Question 4

What did pleck and lamb et al say about time spent between fathers and infants

Answer 4

That most of the researches focus on how much fathers spend time with their children but lamb et al argued that we should focus on the quality and what they do within this time

Question 5

What attachment is likely to find in single parents

Answer 5

And gay families are likely to find that families can become primary attachment figure

Question 6

What is the difference between the behaviour style of mothers and fathers

Answer 6

Fathers tend to get involved in play rather than care taking behaviour like the mother

Question 7

What did Schaffer and Emerson find about the role of the father

Answer 7

They found that fathers were less likely to become primary attachment figures.
In 1965 they found that fathers were joint attachment in 1/3 infants