stages of attachment - schaffer and Emerson

Question 1

What are the four different stages of attachment identified by S and E

Answer 1

1. asocial stage
2. indiscriminate attachment
3. specific attachment
4. multiple attachment

Question 2

Keys schaffer and emerson - aim

Answer 2

to investigate the development of attachment

Question 3

Keys schaffer and emerson - procedure

Answer 3

1. a longitundnal observation
2. Over a period of 2 year - 60 glasgow babies 5- 23 weeks
3. A strange situation measuring separation anxiety and stranger distress
4. SA assessed by leaving the child alone
5. SD - leaving the child with a stranger trying to play
   - observed every 4 weeks until age 1, then for 18 months

Question 4

Keys schaffer and emerson - conclusion

Answer 4

• attachment was to the caregiver who was most sensitive to their needs

Question 5

what happens in the asocial stage - 2 points

Answer 5

• the first few weeks after birth

- attachment begin to formed - smiling/crying behaviour is random

Question 6

what happens in the indiscriminate attachment - 3 points

Answer 6

• 6 weeks to 6 months
• become more sociable and prefer humans to inanimate objects
• recognise some familiar face - will accept anyone

Question 7

what happens in specific attachment - 3 points

Answer 7

from 7 months

• form an attachment with a specific person - primary attachment figure
• SA/SD shows

Question 8

what happens in multiple attachments?

Answer 8

• infants form attachments with other adults

- 12 months - they’ve developed multiple attachments