Stage Of Attachment Flashcards
1
Q
What are the four stages of attachment?
A
- Asocial stage
- Indiscriminate Attachments
- Specific Attachment
- Multiple Attachments
2
Q
What is the Asocial Stage?
A
- Babies behaviour toward non-human objects and humans is similar.
3
Q
What are Indiscriminate Attachments?
A
- Babies start to show a preference for people, but their behaviour is not different towards any one person.
4
Q
What is a Specific Attachment?
A
- Babies start to develop stranger anxiety as they have formed a specific attachment to one adult.
5
Q
What is a Multiple Attachment?
A
- Attachments to two or more people. Most babies develop multiple attachments once they have formed a strong attachment to one of their caregivers.
6
Q
What are the two key words for caregivers?
A
- Primary attachment
- Secondary attachment
7
Q
What is Primary Attachment?
A
- The person a baby forms a specific attachment with. (Depends in interaction together and not time)
8
Q
What is Secondary Attachment?
A
- The relationships that are formed between infants and other caregivers after their primary attachment.
9
Q
What is Separation Anxiety?
A
- The degree of distress shown by the child when separated from the caregiver.
10
Q
What is Stranger Anxiety?
A
- The degree of distress shown by an infant when with unfamiliar people.
11
Q
Who researched into Stages of Attachment?
A
- Schaffer and Emerson
12
Q
What was the aim of Schaffer and Emerson’s research?
A
- To investigate the formation of early attachments
- To see whose infants emotions and attachments were directed to at different ages.
