Role Of The Father

Question 1

What did bowl by believe about the role of the father

Answer 1

Assumed that the primary attachment figure would be the mother rather than the father unless in special situations where it may be the grandparents or father

Question 2

Why do many belie that fathers have a more minor role in parenting

Answer 2

• Don’t give birth
• have a Stereotypical breadwinner role
• mother seen as more nurturing
• traditional views

Question 3

What is Rutter view on the role of the father

Answer 3

Saw all attachments as of equal importance, combining together to form the child’s internal working model

Question 4

Research evidence for fathers as playmates

Answer 4

Geiger (1996) -fond that fathers play interactions are more exciting and pleasurable than mothers while mothers are more nurturing an affectionate

Hardy - reported that fathers are less able than mother to detect low level of infant distress

Question 5

Research evidence for fathers as caregivers

Answer 5

Lamb - found that father who become man care provider seem able to quickly develop greater sensitivity to children’s needs

Question 6

How does the amount of sensitivity shown by father influence attachment

Answer 6

Higher levels of martial intimacy and more supportive co-parenting have both been linked to a more secure attachments between married fathers and there infants

Question 7

What 2 factors influence married fathers and their attachments with their kids

Answer 7

Martial intimacy

More supportive coparenting

Question 8

What are single parents attachments with their kids are influence by

Answer 8

Similar attachments they had to their own parents

Question 9

What happens to children with a secure attachment with fathers

Answer 9

They go on to have better relationships with peers, less problem behaviour and are more able to regulate their emotions

Question 10

What happens to children ho grew up without father

Answer 10

Have been seen to do less well in school and have higher levels of risk taking and aggression, especially in boys

Question 11

What d supportive fathers provide mothers

Answer 11

Provide mothers with time always from childcare. This helps reduce stress and improve self-esteem and ultimately improve the quality of a mother’s relationship with her children

Question 12

Which psychologist researched multiple attachments and the role of the father

Answer 12

Schaffer and Emerson

Question 13

What was the procedure of Schaffer and Emerson

Answer 13

This was a longitudinal study. In this research the ptts where studied, in there own homes, each month for the first year of their lives and again at 18 months. The attachment was messed in 2 ways separations protest and stranger anxiety

Question 14

Who where the ptts in Schaffer and Emerson study

Answer 14

60 newborns and their mothers from working class areas of Glasgow

Question 15

What 2 research methods are used in Schaffer and Emerson’s study

Answer 15

Naturalistic observations and self-report

Question 16

Finding of Schaffer and Emerson study

Answer 16

• separation protest was first shown at 6-8months and stranger anxiety one month later
• strongly attached infants had caregivers who were quicker to respond an interact with the infants more often
• at 18 months, 87% of infants had at least 2 attachments and 31% had 5 or more
• attachments to different adults ere a similar quality
• 39% of the infants, the attachments that they formed was not to the main carer

Question 17

What where the 3 conclusions from Schaffer’s and Emerson’s experiment

Answer 17

• there is a pattern of attachment formation common in all infants which suggests the process is biologically controlled
• attachment more easily made with those who desirably sensitive responsive sand respond appropriately to an innate need rather than those that spend the most time with the infant
• multiple attachments are the norm and of similar quality. There is nothing to suggest that mothering can’t be shared by serval people

Question 18

Which finding does this link to - there is a pattern of attachment formation common in all infants which suggests the process is biologically controlled

Answer 18

separation protest was first shown at 6-8months and stranger anxiety one month later

Question 19

Which finding does this link to - attachment more easily made with those who desirably sensitive responsive sand respond appropriately to an innate need rather than those that spend the most time with the infant

Answer 19

• strongly attached infants had caregivers who were quicker to respond an interact with the infants more often
• 39% of the infants, the attachments that they formed was not to the main carer

Question 20

Who can this finding critique - multiple attachments are the norm and of similar quality

Answer 20

Bowlby’s idea that attachments are a hierarchy of one prime attachment and other minor ones