Schaffer & Emerson, stages of attachment
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- Created on: 02-03-20 14:21
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- Schaffer's Stages of Attachment
- 1. Asocial
- At about 6 weeks
- Similar response to all objects. towards the end of this stage they show preference for being with people
- At about 6 weeks
- 2. Indiscriminate
- At about 6 weeks to 7 months
- child shows preference for people rather than objects. they recognise familiar adults. they accept comfort from any adult
- At about 6 weeks to 7 months
- 3. Discriminate
- At around 7+ months
- infants start to show stranger anxiety and stress when separated from a stecific adult. the adult with whom the child has formed the specific attachment is called the primary attachment figure
- At around 7+ months
- Multiple Attachments
- At around 10-12 months
- the child displays attachment behaviour towards other people with whom they are familiar ( secondary attachments)
- At around 10-12 months
- 1. Asocial
- Schaffer & Emerson (1964)
- studied Glaswegian babies and their families at monthly intervals for the first year of their life
- Longitudinal Study
- each child was studied in their home and a regular pattern formed in the development of the child
- a diary was kept by the mother to examine the evidence for the development of attachment
- their interactions with their carers were observed, and carers were interviewed
- Three measures were recorded:
- Stranger anxiety- response to the arrival of a stranger
- Separation anxiety- distress level when separated from a carer, the degree of comfort
- Social referencing- the degree a child looks at their carer to check how they should respond to something new ( sequre base)
- Found 50% of infants had an attachment at 25-32 weeks (shown from separation anxiety)
- by 40 weeks 80% had one attachment, 30% had multiplre
- by 18 months, 87%had multiple attachments
- by 40 weeks 80% had one attachment, 30% had multiplre
- studied Glaswegian babies and their families at monthly intervals for the first year of their life
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