The role of the father

Question 1

The quality of play with father did not have any effect on the quality of adolesent attachments?

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

Which Psychologist carried out the study of filiming 4 month old babies and their reactions to a primary caregiveer mothers and primary and secondary fathers?

Answer 2

Tiffany Field (1978)

Question 3

Attachments to a father tend to more about play, rather than developing a ‘nurturing’ relationship?

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

What were the findings of the Klaus Grossman (2002) study into the role of the father in making a infant attachment?

Answer 4

Although it is not as important as a maternal attachment, the role of the father is more one to teach the infant the rights and wrongs of play, rather than that of giving them a nurturing figure.

Question 5

What percentage of the Children in Schaffer and Emerson’s study made an attachment with their father in the first 7 months of life and also, by the age of 18 months?

Answer 5

3%/27%

Question 6

Evaluations +

Answer 6

• Real-World application - understands the importance of a father in a child life

Question 7

Evaluations -

Answer 7

• Confusion over research questions - Lack of clarity over what the research is trying to find out
• Conflicting evidence - Grossman et al., 2002 found the role of the father as important but different role, others have found the father and mother role interchangeable, McCallum and Golombok, 2004
• Bias in research - due to society a stereotype has formed of the role of the father and thus there is bias