stages of attachment L2

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  • Who conducted the study on stages of attachment?
    Schaffer and Emerson
  • What did Schaffer and Emerson find about fathers as attachment figures?
    Fathers are less likely to be primary attachment figures
  • At what age were the infants studied by Schaffer and Emerson?
    From 0 to 18 months
  • What did Lamb (1977) report about fathers and attachment?
    Little relationship between time spent and attachment
  • What biological reason is given for fathers being less likely to be primary attachment figures?
    Oestrogen underlies caring behavior
  • What is the first stage of attachment according to Schaffer and Emerson?
    Social attachment
  • What do infants initially produce in response to objects?
    Similar responses to all objects
  • What stimuli help infants develop social attachment?
    Stimuli like a smiling face
  • What is the second stage of attachment?
    Presocial stage of attachment
  • At what age do infants become more social according to Schaffer and Emerson?
    Around two months
  • What do infants prefer during the presocial stage?
    Human company over inanimate objects
  • What is the third stage of attachment?
    Specific attachment
  • At what age do infants show stranger anxiety?
    About 7 months
  • How do fathers typically engage with their children according to Geiger (1996)?
    Playfully engage with their children
  • What do mothers tend to do differently than fathers according to Geiger (1996)?
    Mothers read stories to their children
  • What did Schaffer and Emerson find about infants with sensitive mothers?
    They had better problem-solving skills
  • What is the fourth stage of attachment?
    Multiple attachments
  • What happens after the main attachment is formed?
    Infants develop secondary attachments
  • What is a potential issue with the data collected by Schaffer and Emerson?
    It may be seen as unreliable
  • Why might there be a systematic bias in Schaffer and Emerson's study?
    Based on mothers' reports of behavior
  • What demographic did Schaffer and Emerson's sample come from?
    A working-class population
  • How might parental care have changed since the 1960s?
    More children cared for outside the home
  • What percentage of infants had multiple attachments by six months?
    78%
  • What might happen if a similar study were conducted today?
    The results might be different