Schaffer and Emerson 1964 attachments

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    • Developmental theories
      Outline a sequence of qualitatively different behaviours that change with specific ages
    • Stages of attachment
      Identified by Schaffer and Emerson (1964), some features of the infant's behaviour towards others change as the infant gets older
    • Schaffer and Emerson's stage theory
      • Based on a longitudinal study of 60 babies from a working-class area of Glasgow, observing them monthly for the first year and again at 18 months, and interviewing their mothers
    • Separation anxiety
      How distressed the child became when separated from the main caregiver, suggesting an attachment has been formed
    • Stranger anxiety
      Distress shown when the child was left alone with an unfamiliar person, suggesting the child can recognise familiar and unfamiliar people
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