Schaffers stages of attachment

• Schaffers stages

  Stage 1 – asocial – (first few weeks) baby is forming bonds with certain people, these will be the basis of their attachments later in life.

  Stage 2 – indiscriminate - (2-7 months) clear preference of being with familiar people or humans compared to inanimate objects.
• Schaffers stages

  • Schaffer and Emerson 1964- found the identifiable stages of attachment in al babies
  • tested on 60 working class Glaswegian babies and mothers
  • visited in homes every month for the first year then 18 months asking the mothers questions on stranger and separation anxiety
• Schaffers stages

  CPS- External validity – observed by mothers, making the behaviours natural with no extra anxiety.

  CPW- Mothers are unlikely to pick up on some signs of anxiety.
• Schaffers stages

  S- Real-world application in day cares, reasoning behind child’s behaviours due to age – asocial can be comforted by anyone.

  W- Asocial stage is too young, babies are uncoordinated so some behaviours could be meaningless.