AO3 Attachment

Question 1

Caregiver infant interaction

Answer 1

:( Lacks ecological validity
:( Prone to bias
:) High control over extraneous variables- cause and effect can be established
:) Practical applications

Question 2

Stages of attachment

Answer 2

:) High ecological validity
:( Social desirability bias
:( Culture bias

Question 3

Role of father

Answer 3

:) Practical applications
:( Other studies show that children growing up w single mothers/lesbian parents do not develop differently from those who have heterosexual parents
:( Fathers may not tend to become primary attachment figure due to traditional gender roles

Question 4

Lorenz

Answer 4

:( Animal bias
:) Practical applications
:( Researcher bias

Question 5

Harlow

Answer 5

:( Animal bias
:) Practical applications
:( Ethical issues- however importance of findings outweigh distress as at the time there was a belief that attachment was due to food

Question 6

Learning theory

Answer 6

:( Environmentally reductionist
:( Harlow
:( Schaffer and Emerson and Field

Question 7

Bowlbly Monotropic Theory

Answer 7

:) Lorenz
:) Hazan and Shaver
:( Alt exp- Learning theory

Question 8

Ainsworth SS

Answer 8

:) Low ecological validity
:) High reliability
:( Imposed etic

Question 9

Culture variations

Answer 9

:( Low ecological validity
:( Culture bias
:( Imposed etic
:) High pop validity

Question 10

Bowlbly Maternal Deprivation

Answer 10

:) 44 Juvie thieves
:( Based on retrospective data
:) Practical applications

Question 11

Institutionalisation

Answer 11

:) Practical applications
:) High control over extraneous variables
:( May have introduced different confounding variables

Question 12

Influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships, including role of IWM

Answer 12

:) Harlow
:( Deterministic
:( Based on retrospective data