AO1 and AO2

Cards (6)

  • some researchers argue that men are not equipt to form attachments both psychologically and socially
  • different hormones in men and women play a role
  • oestrogen underlies caring behaviour which makes women more biologically suited to forming attachments
  • cultural and social expectations that view child rearing as more feminine
  • grossman did a longtitudinal study of 44 families and compared the role of fathers and mothers contribution to their childrens attachment at 6,10 and 16 yearsold
  • grossman found that fathers play style as closely linked to the fathers internal working model of attachment