The Development of Attachment

Question 1

Multiple Attachment

Answer 1

Having more than one attachment figure

Question 2

Primary Attachment Figure

Answer 2

The person who has formed the closest bond with the child, demonstrating the intensity of the relationship. This is usually the mother

Question 3

Separation Anxiety

Answer 3

The distress shown by the infant when separated from their caregiver

Question 4

Stranger Anxiety

Answer 4

The distress shown by an infant when approached or picked up by someone who is unfamiliar

Question 5

Schaffer and Emerson Stage 1

Answer 5

Indiscriminate attachment - until 2 months. Infant establishes relationships with interactional synchrony and reciprocity

Question 6

Schaffer and Emerson Stage 2

Answer 6

Beginnings of attachment, around 4 months. Infants prefer human company to inanimate objects. Still easily comforted by anyone

Question 7

Schaffer and Emerson Stage 3

Answer 7

Discriminate attachment. By 7 months. Separation anxiety and stranger anxiety begins to show. Specific attachment to primary attachment figure is formed

Question 8

Schaffer and Emerson Stage 4

Answer 8

Multiple attachments. Soon after stage three. Infant develops a wider circle of multiple attachments

Question 9

S and E unreliable data

Answer 9

Based on mothers reports of infants. Some mothers might be sympathetic towards infant protests and lie. This would create a systematic bias, lowering validity

Question 10

S and E bias

Answer 10

Working class sample and in the 60s. If it was conducted today the results would be different.