The. Role Of The Father

Question 1

What is a strength?

Answer 1

Real world applications, it can be used to offer advice for parents and stop gender roles affecting attachments with children, as it informs them that men are capable of being primary caregivers

Question 2

What is a weakness?

Answer 2

• conflicting evidence if fathers play an important role as a secondary attachment figure, why does evidence show there is no difference between the development of children in single parent households

Question 3

What is another weakness?

Answer 3

Little clarity over question of what is the role of a father, some people view them as primary caregivers whereas others view them as secondary.

Question 4

Outline Infants overall attachment to their fathers

Answer 4

• Evidence shows that babies are less likely to attach to their fathers as the primary attachment figure
• schaffer and emerson found that only 3% of babies attached to their fathers as their first attachment
• However, fathers are more likely to be the secondary attachment figure. Research showed that 75% of babies formed an attachment with their fathers after 18 months

Question 5

What is the distinctive role for fathers?

Answer 5

• Grossman found that the quality of attachment with mothers contributed to attachments later whereas this was not the same for fathers
• Instead, the quality of play with fathers related to later attachments

Question 6

Outline fathers as primary attachment figures

Answer 6

Tiffany Field filmed 4 month babies in face to face interactions with mothers and fathers (primary caregivers). The father spent more time smiling and laughing which shows when fathers are primary caregivers they can display the necessary emotions