stages of attachment + key study

Question 1

stage 1

Answer 1

ASOCIAL STAGE

• 0-2 months
• infants produce similar response from all objects, whether they are animate or inanimate

Question 2

stage 2

Answer 2

INDISCRIMINATE ATTACHMENT

• around 4 months
• infants become more social
• prefer human company than inanimate objects and can distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar people

Question 3

stage 3

Answer 3

SPECIFIC ATTACHMENT

• by 7 months old
• show different protest when one person puts them down (separation anxiety)
• have formed specific attachments with people

Question 4

stage 4

Answer 4

multiple attachments

- develops wider circle of multiple attachments depending on how many consistent relationships they have

Question 5

Schaffer and Emerson

Answer 5

• observed 60 infants between 5-23 weeks

- observed every 4 weeks until they turned 1

Question 6

at each visit of Schaffer and Emerson, what did mothers report

Answer 6

infant’s separation protest in seven everyday situations

- they rated the intensity of it on a 4 point scale

Question 7

findings of study

Answer 7

• most infants maintained one principal object of attachment (65% : mum)
• 39% of infants attached to someone who doesn’t bathe them etc
• LITTLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TIME SPENT TOGETHER AND ATTACHMENT

Question 8

strengths of study

Answer 8

conducted naturalistic behaviours in children’s own home

- NO ARTIFICIAL BEHAVIOUR IS BEING PRODUCED SO IT CAN BE APPLIED TO REAL LIFE

Question 9

weaknesses of study

Answer 9

• self report techniques, mothers completed a questionnaire so may have lied because of social desirability bias
• cultural differences as they only did infants in glasgow