The role of the father Flashcards
What does Bushnell say about the role of the father
Presented 2-day old babies with mothers face or stranger for 20-seconds of concentration
Found 2/3 preferred their mothers face over a strangers
Suggests Shaffer’s pre attachment stage is incorrect in assuming infants’ responses aren’t directed to a specific individual in these early stages
What did paquette find about the role of the father?
Found that fathers are more likely to foster risk taking behaviour in their children
What did Bowlby (1950) suggest about the role of the father?
In order to develop a strong motherly influence in their life and only mothers can provide that level of care (monotropy)
What did Hardy find about the role of the father?
Found that fathers are less able to detect low levels of infant distress than mothers
What did Lamb find about the role of the father?
Suggested that mothers are preferred when seeking comfort and the child is distress but when stimulation is required the child will preference the father
What is some evidence to suggest the father’s role should be secondary to the mother
Mothers with dependent children working is increasing to 4.9 mil in 2017 but this is not equal to father with dependent children
What is some evidence to suggest that father’s role is or could be equal to a mother?
Mothers are preferred when distressed lamb 1997
What did field find out about the father?
Field filmed four-month old babies with primary caregivers’ mothers and father and secondary caregiver fathers and found that the reaction to primary caregivers were the same regardless of gender
What did Pederson 1980 find out about the father?
Found that a more actively involved a 6-year-old had been with their fathers the higher the baby scored on infant development scales
What did MacCallum and Golombok find about the father?
Found that children growing up in same-sex or single parent families do not develop any differently from others
