Stages Of Attatchment Flashcards
What is the method of stages of attachment
Schaffer and Emerson studies 60 Glasgow babies from working families and asked mothers about babies responses to everyday separation anxiety related situations they were visited every month
What were the findings
50% of babies shows separation anxiety towards an adult usually the mother specific attachment attachment was formed with those most sensitive to infants need
By 40 weeks most infants had made multiple attachments with familiar adults
What is asocial
Asocial attachment is attachment formed no different to human and non human object seek farmiliar adults for comfort situation
What is indiscriminate attachment
They can distinguish between non human and human however show no pretence over any adults and accept cuddles from all adults show little separation. Anxiey
What is specific attachment
7 months onwards the infant usually forms a specific attachment withal specific caregiver usually one most sensitive to infants need shows extreme separation anxiety and only accepts comfort
What is multiple attachment
By the 40 weeks the infant has usually formed multiple attachment with those they are familiar with
What is the strength of Schaffer and Emerson study
It is longitudinal in design the infant were regularly assessed in seperatikn and anxiety setting they were assessed several months to determine stages of attachment this is a strength as it allowed an in-depth research which decreased individual differences as the infant was compared to themselves in prior months so there could be a difference in stages as oppose to difference in other infants a ghis increases the validity
It is an incomplete explanation of attachment
The attachment only focused on individualist cultures based in Glasgow this Schaffer’s nd Emerson found that multiple attachment form eleven month onwards this is a weakness as in collectivist cultures the infants are exposed to many multiple caregivers as they usually share children responsibilities as a result the likelihood of developing multiple attachments before the age of 11 months is very high however as shatter and Emerson. Study hasn’t accounted for the difference in enviroment so it is incomplete
One weakness is that it is hard to tell the social interaction between infant and caregiver so it’s impossible to tell whether attachment is being formed
This is a weakness as babies have little motors control and make expression and noises so it is difficult to determine whether a baby is attempting to make onteraction or its a random movement if all the evidence is based on the babies behaviour not all the evidence can be relied on so decreasing the validity
