Schaffer's Stages Of Attachment

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  • Created on: 04-03-20 10:00
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  • Schaffer's Stage Of Attachment
    • Stage 1 - Indiscriminate Attachment
      • Infants respond the same inanimate and animate objects
      • Reciprocity and interactional synchrony are key in this period
      • From birth - 2 months
    • Stage 2 - Beginnings of Attachment
      • Around 4 months
      • Infants become more social and prefer human company
      • Can recognise familiar and unfamiliar people
      • No stranger anxiety, comforted by anyone
    • Stage 3 - Discriminate Attachment
      • Around 7 months
      • Separation anxiety occurs from primary attachment figure - joy at reunion
      • Stranger anxiety occurs
      • Primary attachment figure - person who responds to baby's signal the most
    • Stage 4 - Multiple Attachments
      • Soon after main attachment is formed
      • Secondary attachments form with adults they regularly see
      • by the age of 1 the majority of infants had a secondary attachment
      • 29% of children formed a secondary attachment within a month of forming a primary one

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