P4

Question 1

Although Grossman’s research found that…

Answer 1

Although Grossman’s research found that fathers had a specific role as secondary attachment, other studies have questioned this.

Question 2

What did MacCallum and Golombok find about children?

Answer 2

MacCallum and Golombok found that children growing up in single or same-sex parent families developed no differently from those in two-parent heterosexual families, seeming to suggest that the father’s role as a secondary attachment figure is not important for normal development.