role of the father

Cards (19)

  • Who is less likely to be a baby's first attachment figure?
    Fathers
  • At what age do most babies first attach to their mother according to Schaffer and Emerson?
    7 months
  • In what percentage of cases was the father the first sole object of attachment?
    3%
  • What percentage of cases involved the father as the joint first object of attachment with the mother?
    27%
  • What percentage of babies formed an attachment with their father by 18 months?
    75%
  • What behavior indicates a baby's attachment to their father?
    Protesting when the father walks away
  • What did Grossman et al. study in their longitudinal research?
    Baby's attachments until their teens
  • How is the quality of a baby's attachment to mothers related to later attachments?
    It is related to attachments in adolescence
  • What did Grossman et al. find about fathers' play with babies?
    It relates to the quality of adolescent attachments
  • What distinctive role do fathers have compared to mothers?
    More related to play than emotional development
  • What is the significance of a baby's primary attachment figure?
    It forms the basis of later relationships
  • What did Field's 1978 study reveal about primary caregiver fathers?
    They spend more time smiling and interacting
  • What is a limitation regarding the clarity of the father's role in attachment research?
    Different researchers define roles differently
  • How does methodology affect findings about fathers' roles?
    Different methods yield varying results
  • What did McCallum and Golombok's 2004 study find about children in single-parent families?
    They develop similarly to children in two-parent families
  • How can the roles of fathers differ in various family structures?
    They adapt to accommodate different family roles
  • How can research on fathers' roles help parents?
    It offers reassurance about caregiving roles
  • What stereotype-related limitation exists in father role research?
    Observer bias may affect findings
  • What is the impact of stereotypes on research validity?
    They limit generalizability of findings