Role of the Father

Question 1

What percentage of infant formed a primary caregiver attachment to the father?

Answer 1

3%

Question 2

What did Grossman propose about the role of the father?

Answer 2

The quality of the attachment with the mother is more important than the quality of the attachment with the father.

Question 3

What role did Bowlby propose fathers take?

Answer 3

Role as a playmate.
Infants are more likely to go to the father for play and to the mother for emotional support.

Question 4

Give disadvantages of the role of the father.

Answer 4

-Major social/economic implications.
Mothers will typically stay at home with the child and the father goes to work. Forcing parents to adopt particular lifestyles.

-It lacks temporal validity.
It has social biases and preconceptions about the views of traditional gender roles which are extremely outdated in today’s society.