The Glasgow Study, The experiment and Findings

Question 1

Who carried out the Glasgow Study?

Answer 1

Schaffer and Emerson.

Question 2

When was the Glasgow Study carried out?

Answer 2

1964.

Question 3

What did the Glasgow Study investigate?

Answer 3

The development of attachments.

Question 4

Who were the participants in the Glasgow Study?

Answer 4

60 infants from working-class homes in Glasgow.

Question 5

How old were the infants at the start of the Glasgow Study?

Answer 5

5-23 weeks.

Question 6

How long were the infants studied for in the Glasgow Study?

Answer 6

1 year.

Question 7

How often were the mothers visited?

Answer 7

Every 4 weeks.

Question 8

What did the mothers do when they were visited?

Answer 8

Reported their infant’s response to separation in 7 everyday situations.

Question 9

What is an example of the separation situations?

Answer 9

Being left alone in a room.

Question 10

What were mothers asked to describe?

Answer 10

The intensity of any protest, rated of a 4 point scale.

Question 11

What was the mother asked to say about the protest?

Answer 11

Whom it was directed at.

Question 12

How was stranger anxiety assessed?

Answer 12

By the infant’s response to the interveiwer.

Question 13

Finding applying to Stage 3:

What did they find out about primary attachments?

Answer 13

They are not always formed with the person who spent the most time with the infant.

Question 14

Finding applying to Stage 3:

What did they find about intensely attached infants?

Answer 14

They had mothers who responded sensitively to the infant.

Question 15

Finding applying to Stage 3:

What did they find out about poorly attached infants?

Answer 15

They had mothers who failed to interact.

Question 16

Finding applying to Stage 3:
How many of the children had the their primary attachment figures as their mothers?
And a further how many had their mothers as the first joint specific attachment?

Answer 16

65%

30%

Question 17

Finding applying to Stage 3:

What percentage of the fathers were the first object of attachment

Answer 17

3%

Question 18

Finding applying to Stage 3:

What percentage of the fathers were the joint first object?

Answer 18

27%

Question 19

Finding applying to Stage 4:
Within one month of first becoming attached, what percentage of the infants had multiple attachments to someone else?
What percentage had this risen to within 6 months?

Answer 19

29%

78%

Question 20

Finding applying to Stage 4:

What are the multiple attachments to someone else called?

Answer 20

Secondary Attachments.

Question 21

Finding applying to Stage 4:

Do infants show separation anxiety to their secondary attachments?

Answer 21

Yes.

Question 22

Finding applying to Stage 4:

By the age of 1, how many of the infants had formed 5 to more secondary attachments?

Answer 22

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