Research into Stages of Attachment Flashcards
Who identified the stages of attachment?
Schaffer and Emerson (1964)
What was the aim of the experiment?
to investigate the formation of early attachment , the age at which they develop and who they are directed to
What type of study is this?
A longitudinal study
What was the sample?
60 working class and new born infants and their mothers from Glasgow
What was the procedure?
infants and mothers were visited at their own homes
How often were infants and mothers visited?
every month for the first 12 months and then again at 18 months
What methods were used with the mothers?
Observations and interviews
How was the attachment measured?
Through separation anxiety and stranger anxiety
How was separation anxiety assessed?
by the infant being left alone in a room
How was stranger anxiety assessed?
By the researcher starting each home visit by approaching the infant to see if he distressed the child
What did Schaffer and Emerson find?
That there were four stages of attachment
What are the four stages of attachment
Asocial
Indiscriminate
Specific
Multiple
At what age does the Asocial attachment stage occur?
First few weeks
What is the asocial phase of attachment?
Infants behavior to adults and inanimate objects were similar
At what age does the indiscriminate attachment occur?
2-7 months
