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• stage 1

  asocial stage

  first few weeks

  observable behaviour towards humans and inanimate objects is similar

  Schaffer and Emerson did not believe that it is entirely asocial because even at this stage babies show signs that they prefer to be with other people
• stage 2

  indiscriminate attachment

  2 to 7 months

  babies start to display more obvious and observable social behaviours

  preference for humans over inanimate objects

  recognise and prefer the company of familiar people

  cuddles and comfort from anyone

  they do not usually show separation anxiety or stranger anxiety
• stage 3

  specific attachment

  7 months to 1 year

  forms primary attachment figure

  mother 65% cases

  stranger and separation anxiety
• stage 4

  multiple attachments

  one year olds

  shortly after they start to show attachment behaviour they usually extend this behaviour to other people

  the relationships are called secondary attachments

  Schaffer and Emerson observed that 29% if children formed secondary attachments within a month of forming a primary attachment
• schaffer and Emerson findings

  4 distinct stages in the development of infant attachment