Schaffer's stages of attachment

Question 1

who carried out the study?

Answer 1

Schaffer and Emmerson

Question 2

what was the aim?

Answer 2

to investigate the formation of early attachment between infants and caregivers

Question 3

What was the procedure?

Answer 3

60 Glaswegian babies for 18 months

mothers/babies were visited and observed once a month for a year ten once again at 18 moths

researchers asked parents to observe their children in different circumstances, keep a diary of their observations and report back to the researchers e.g separation anxiety, stranger anxiety

Question 4

what type of study was it?

Answer 4

longitudinal

Question 5

what type observation?

Answer 5

natural

Question 6

What stage of attachment happens at 0-3/4 months?

Answer 6

Asocial/pre-attachment phase

Question 7

What stage of attachment happens at 3/4-7 months?

Answer 7

Indiscriminate attachment

Question 8

What stage of attachment happens at 7-9 months?

Answer 8

specific/discriminate attachment-first true attachment

Question 9

What stage of attachment happens at 9 months onwards?

Answer 9

multiple attachments

Question 10

What is the asocial phase?

Answer 10

Both social and non-social stimuli produce a negative and positive response

Question 11

What is the indiscriminate phase?

Answer 11

can recognise some faces but humans in general produce a positive response and will be upset when not around humans

Question 12

What is the specific attachment phase?

Answer 12

Separation anxiety when separated from a particular individual and wary of strangers

Question 13

What is the multiple attachment phase?

Answer 13

Begin to form multiple attachments to familiar and trusted ppl

Question 14

What is the primary attachment figure?

Answer 14

the first person that an infant attaches to