Schaffers stages of attachment

Question 1

Asocial stage

Answer 1

First few weeks, same response to humans and objects

Question 2

Indiscriminate attachment

Answer 2

2-7 months, preference for familiar people
(No stranger or separation anxiety)

Question 3

Specific attachment

Answer 3

Stranger and separation anxiety in regard to one particular adult (the primary attachment figure(65% the mother))

Question 4

Multiple attachment

Answer 4

More attachment directed to more than one adult
(Secondary attachment)

Question 5

Schaffer and Emerson’s procedure

Answer 5

60 working class mothers from Glasgow, self reported babies monthly separation and stranger anxiety

Question 6

Schaffer and Emerson’s findings

Answer 6

Found that attachment behaviour progressed, and found 4 stages of attachment
(Asocial, indiscriminate, specific attachment, multiple attachments)

Question 7

Explain the external validity in this research

Answer 7

External validity is good since mothers observing babies there more babies are not stresses and it’s naturalistic
(Yet behaviour might not be noted down accurately)

Question 8

Is there poor evidence of the asocial stage?

Answer 8

Yes, since babies have bad co-ordination so it may just seem asocial

Question 9

Real world application

Answer 9

There’s no harm having babies in daycare during asocial and indiscriminate stage, until the specific attachment stage

Question 10

Generalisability

Answer 10

Data from 1960, and only observing working class mothers from Glasgow
(Multiple attachments may be different in collectivist cultures (Ijzendoorn))