schaffer’s stages of attachment AO1

Question 1

schaffer and emerson observed … babies for ….. months, mostly from skilled ….. class families. researchers visited babies and mothers in their …. homes every …. for the …. year and again at …. months. researchers asked the parents about the kind of ….. their babies showed in …. everyday …… e.g ….. ….. . examples of everyday …… : left …. in a room, left alone with a ….. , left alone in their ….

Answer 1

schaffer and emerson observed 60 babies for 18 months, mostly from skilled working class families. researchers visited babies and mothers in their own homes every month for the first year and again at 18 months. researchers asked the parents about the kind of protest their babies showed in 7 everyday separations e.g seperation anxiety. examples of everyday separations: left alone in a room, left alone with a stranger, left alone in their cot.

Question 2

what were the 4 distinct stages in the development of infant attachment behaviour schaffer and emerson identified?

Answer 2

stage 1: asocial stage
stage 2: indiscriminate attachment
stage 3: specific attachment
stage 4: multiple attachment

Question 3

asocial stage - in a baby’s first …. of life, it’s …. ….. towards humans and ….. objects is fairly ….. . at this stage, babies are forming …. with ….. people and these form the …. of later attachment

Answer 3

asocial stage - in a baby’s first weeks of life, its observable behaviour towards humans and inanimate objects is fairly similar. at this stage, babies are forming bonds with certain people and these form the basis of later attachment

Question 4

indiscriminate attachment - from …-…. months, babies start to display more ….. ….. behaviours. they now show a clear ….. for being with other humans rather than ….. objects. however, at this stage, babies usually accept …. and …. from … person. they d not usually show ….. …. or …. ….

Answer 4

from 2-7 months, babies start to display more observable social behaviours. they now show a clear preference for being with other humans rather than inanimate objects. however, at this stage babies usually accept cuddles and comfort from any person. they do not usually show separation anxiety or stranger anxiety.

Question 5

specific attachment - from … months, the majority of babies start to display signs of attachment towards …. …… person. these signs include …. …., especially when their attachment figure is ….., and …. …. . at this point the baby is said to have formed a ….. attachment. this person is called the ….. …… …. . this person is the one who offers the most ….. and responds to the baby’s …. with the most …..

Answer 5

from 7 months, the majority of babies start to display classic signs of attachment towards one particular person. these signs include stranger anxiety, especially when their attachment figure is absent, and separation anxiety. at this point the baby is said to have formed a specific attachment. this person is called the primary attachment figure. this person is the one who offers the most interaction and responds to the baby’s signals with the most skill

Question 6

multiple attachment - after babies start to show attachment behaviour, they usually ….. this behaviour to …. attachments with other people with who they regularly …. …. . these relationships are called ….. …… . by the age of … , the majority of babies had developed ….. …..

Answer 6

after babies start to show attachment behaviour, they usually extend this behaviour to multiple attachments with other people with whom they regularly spend time. these relationships are called secondary attachments. by the age of 1 year, the majority of babies had developed multiple attachments.