Stages of attachment

• Glasgow babies study

  60 babies from Glasgow working class - GENERALISABILITY ISSUES

  mothers filled in self report diaries -SOCIAL DESIRABILITY BIAS RISK

  over 7 daily seperations OPERATIONALISED BEHAVIOUR

  direct observation to measure stranger anxiety INCREASED ECO VAL BUT EVS NIT UNDER CONTROLLED

  Conclusion- sensitivity of caregiver equals attachment formed. Securely attached infants had mothers who responded sensitively and effectively.
• Stages of Attachment-Schaffer and Emerson

  Four stages of attachment development
• Asocial Stage


  First few weeks of life, infants form attachments to both human and inanimate objects indiscriminately
• Stage 1: asocial 


  First few weeks of life, the relationship with both human and inanimate objects is not discriminate
• Specific Stage


  7 Months, infants form attachments to specific individuals
• Secondary attachments

  24% of children formed secondary attachments after 1 mo
• Schaffer and Emerson 3% attach to fathers immediately 75 after 12 mo