The Development Of Attachment

Question 1

What is primary attachment figure

Answer 1

The person who ha adorned the closest bond with the child- demonstrated by the intensity of the relationship. In most cases is the mother

Question 2

What is separation anxiety

Answer 2

The distress shown by an infant when separated from his or her caregiver.
Not always the mother

Question 3

What is stranger anxiety

Answer 3

When the infant is approached or picked up by someone unfamiliar

Question 4

What was the aim of Schaffer and emersons study

Answer 4

To see if attachment formation was the same for all infants to describe the stages of development

Question 5

Outline the procedure of the study by Schaffer and Emerson

Answer 5

• 60 new born Glasgow babies (working class)
• was a longitudinal study using observation and interviews in family home
• studied until the age of one
• mothers visited every 4 weeks
• attachment was assessed by separation anxiety and stranger anxiety

Question 6

What were the findings of Schaffer and Emerson’s study

Answer 6

• indiscriminate attachment= infant produces similar responses to all objects. Towards the end they prefer social stimuli . Interactional synchrony is important for infant establishing with others
• beginning of attachment= infant become more sociable but prefer human company , also become discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar but not yet stranger anxiety
• discriminate attachment= infant forms attachment with Primary care giver and displays both stranger and separation anxiety. 65% attached to mothers
• multiple attachment= after one month of primary caregiver then form another attachment e.g with siblings which is 29% and after 6 months 78%

Question 7

Briefly state evaluation points for Schaffer and Emersons study

Answer 7

• unreliable data
• biased sample
• are multiple attachments equivalent?
• stage theories
• longitudinal study

Question 8

What is multiple attachment

Answer 8

Having more than one attachment figure