stages of attachment

• How many stages are there in Schaffer & Emerson's attachment theory?

  4 stages
• What is the first stage of attachment in infants?

  Asocial stage
• What age range does the social stage occur in infants?

  First few weeks of life
• How do infants respond to objects and people in the social stage?

  Similar responses to both
• What is the second stage of attachment according to Schaffer & Emerson?

  Indiscriminate stage
• What age range does the indiscriminate stage occur in infants?

  2-7 months
• What do infants show a preference for during the indiscriminate stage?

  Familiar people
• What is the third stage of attachment in Schaffer & Emerson's theory?

  Specific stage
• What age range does the specific stage occur in infants?

  7-9 months
• What do infants show during the specific stage?

  Preference for one caregiver
• What is the fourth stage of attachment according to Schaffer & Emerson?

  Multiple stage
• What age range does the multiple stage occur in infants?

  9 months and older
• What do infants begin to do in the multiple stage?


  Form attachments to multiple people
• What is a key characteristic of the attachment behavior in infants?

  Preference for familiar people
• What do infants show towards unfamiliar people during the indiscriminate stage?

  Comfort and happiness
• What do infants show towards familiar people during the specific stage?

  Strong attachment
• What do infants exhibit towards multiple caregivers in the multiple stage?

  Attachment to several caregivers
• What do researchers ask mothers about in the study of attachment?


  About the kind of protest shown
• What is the focus of the questions asked to mothers in attachment studies?

  Separation anxiety and attachment
• What do infants show during the multiple stage towards different people?

  Separation anxiety and attachment
• What is the significance of the attachment stages proposed by Schaffer & Emerson?

  They outline the development of attachment
• What do infants prefer in the specific stage?

  One primary caregiver
• What do infants exhibit towards familiar people in the multiple stage?

  Comfort and attachment
• What do infants show towards unfamiliar people in the specific stage?

  Separation anxiety
• What do infants exhibit towards familiar people in the indiscriminate stage?

  Comfort and happiness
• What do infants show towards familiar people in the social stage?

  Similar responses to objects
• What do infants show towards familiar people in the specific stage?

  Strong attachment
• What do infants show towards familiar people in the multiple stage?

  Attachment to several caregivers
• What do infants show towards unfamiliar people in the multiple stage?

  Separation anxiety
• What do infants show towards familiar people in the indiscriminate stage?

  Comfort and happiness
• What are the 4 stages of attachment that children go through according to Schaffer and Emerson?

  Social, indiscriminate, specific, and multiple stage
• What is the social stage of attachment in the first few weeks of life?

  Infants show similar responses to all people, no preference for caregivers
• What is the age range of the indiscriminate stage of attachment?

  6 weeks - 7 months
• What behavior do infants display in the indiscriminate stage?

  They show a preference for human company but are comfortable with both familiar and unfamiliar people
• What is the age range of the specific stage of attachment?

  7-9 months
• What behavior do infants display in the specific stage of attachment?

  They show a clear preference for one caregiver, displaying separation anxiety when away from them
• What is the age range of the multiple stage of attachment?

  9 months +
• What behavior do infants display in the multiple stage of attachment?

  They start to show attachment behaviors towards several different people, not just their primary caregiver
• How many babies were involved in the key study described?

  60 babies
• What behavior did the researchers ask the mothers about in the key study?

  Separation anxiety and stranger anxiety