Stages of Attachment

Question 1

Who created the stages of attachment?

Answer 1

Schaffer

Question 2

What is the first stage called?

Answer 2

Pre attachment phase

Question 3

What age does the pre attachment phase occur?

Answer 3

0-3 months

Question 4

What are the features of the pre attachment phase?

Answer 4

Infants become attracted to other humans, preferring them to objects and events. This preference is demonstrated by their smiling at people’s faces

Question 5

What is stage two of attachment?

Answer 5

Indiscriminate attachment phase

Question 6

What age does the indiscriminate attachment phase occur?

Answer 6

3-7/8 months

Question 7

What are the features of the indiscriminate attachment phase?

Answer 7

Infants begin to discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar people, smiling more at know people and they will allow strangers to handle and look after them

Question 8

What is stage three of attachments?

Answer 8

Discriminate attachment phase

Question 9

What age does the discriminate attachment phase occur?

Answer 9

7/8 months onwards

Question 10

What are the features of the discriminate attachment phase?

Answer 10

Infants begin to develop specific attachments staying close to particular people and becoming distressed when separated from them. They avoid unfamiliar people and protest if strangers try to handle them

Question 11

What is stage four of attachment?

Answer 11

Multiple attachment stage

Question 12

What age does the multiple attachment stage occur?

Answer 12

9 months

Question 13

What are the features of the multiple attachment stage?

Answer 13

Infants form strong emotional ties with other major caregivers, like grandparents and non caregivers like other children. The fear of strangers weakens but attachment to the mother figure remains the strongest

Question 14

What did Bowlby suggest about multiple attachments?

Answer 14

Children have one primary attachment and that although children had attachments to other people, these were of minor importance compared to their main attachment bond

Question 15

What did Rutter suggest about multiple attachments?

Answer 15

He proposed a model of multiple attachments that saw all attachments of equal importance, with these attachments combining together to help form a child’s internal working model (a template for future relationship)

Question 16

What is a strength of multiple attachments?

Answer 16

Children who have multiple attachments are more able to for, and conduct social relationships as they have the experience to do so and if a child loses an attachment figure, it has several others that it can turn to

Question 17

What is a limitation multiple attachments?

Answer 17

It is not entirely clear when children form multiple attachments. Some research indicates that most if not all babies form attachments to a single main career before they become capable of developing multiple attachments whilst other research indicates that babies form multiple attachments from the outset. This suggests more research needs to be carried out on the importance of multiple attachments