Stages Of Attatchment

Question 1

Who created the stages of atttachment

Answer 1

Schaffer and Emerson

Question 2

What are the four stages and describe them

Answer 2

Asocial- behaviour same between objects and humans but prefers faces
Indiscriminate- prefers human company
Discriminate - prefers one caregiver
Multiple- displays multiple attachments to people

Question 3

What was Schaffer and Emerson’s research

Answer 3

Observe 60 babies in Glasgow, longitudinal study once every mince for 18 months
Look at stranger and seperation anxiety

Question 4

What are two strengths of the stages of atttachment

Answer 4

High external validity as it was in a natural environment ad it was ordinary experiences

No demand characteristics

Question 5

What’s two limitations of the stages of atttachment

Answer 5

Observer bias- mothers are observers so not objective and bias

Asocial hard to observe as babies so young so hard to actually spot behaviour