Development of attachment
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- Development of attachment
- Schaffer and Emerson study
- 60 babies (31m-29f) from Glasgow, from working-class families
- The babies were visited every month for a year and again at 18m
- R asked about the babies kind of protests in seven seperations (measure of seperation anxiety)
- F = 25 to 32 weeks 50% of babies showed signs of SA to a specific person
- F = by 40W 80% has sepcific attachments - 30% multipul attachments
- 1) Asocial
- Recognising/ forming bonds with carers
- Some preference for familiar adults
- Similar behaviour towards nonhuman objects and humans
- Recognising/ forming bonds with carers
- 2) Indiscriminate attachment
- 2-7 months more social behaviour. Prefer humans to objects
- Accept comfort from anyone - dont show seperation/ stranger anxiety
- 3) Specific attachment
- 7+M anxious when seperated from specific adults and show stranger anxiety
- Primary attachment figure
- Attentive to signals
- Primary attachment figure
- 7+M anxious when seperated from specific adults and show stranger anxiety
- 4) Multipul attachments
- Extend attachment to other adults who they often spend time with
- Secondary attachment
- Extend attachment to other adults who they often spend time with
- Sample
- All from WC families ad Glasgow
- Cant generalise to others outside these catagories
- Uneven amounts
- All from WC families ad Glasgow
- Unreliable data
- Mothers measured = less/more sensitive to child
- Less likely to report
- Systematic bias and social desireability bias
- Less likely to report
- Mothers measured = less/more sensitive to child
- Good external validity
- Carried out in families homes = not affected by observers
- Behaving naturally = GEV
- Carried out in families homes = not affected by observers
- Cultural differences
- P believe babies have multipul attachments from the outset
- Schaffer and Emerson study
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