Stages of attachment Flashcards
1
Q
Who proposed that there was four identifiable stages of attachment?
A
Schaeffer and Emerson
2
Q
What did their findings lead them to develop?
A
an account of how attachment behaviors change as a baby gets older
3
Q
In what year did the study take place?
A
In 1964
4
Q
Explain the asocial phase
A
the baby is forming no attachments
5
Q
Define stranger anxiety
A
Stress experienced when in the presence of unfamiliar people
6
Q
Define Seperation anxiety
A
Excessive fear or worry of being seperated from primary attachment figure
7
Q
Eage of indiscriminate stage
A
2-7 months
8
Q
Explain the multiple attachments stage
A
An observational study of the formation of early infant-adult attachments
9
Q
Evaluation +
A
- Good External Validity - experiments where not out of the ordinary in procedure
- Real World Application
- Generalisability - The study used a large sample with good execution.
10
Q
Evaluation -
A
- Poor evidence for the asocial stage - Hard to measure the attachment and behavior of a 1 month old child
- Small sample - Glasgow working class
