Caregiver-infant interactions evaluation

Strength - controlled observations capture fine details
Observations of mother-infant interactions are usually well-controlled, with both mother and infant being filmed, often from multiple angles. This ensures very fine details of behaviour can be recorded and later analysed. Furthermore, babies do not know/care that they are being observed, so their behaviour is not affected by the presence of the observer

Weakness - inconsistent findings about fathers
Research into the role of fathers in attachment is confusing because different researchers are interested in different research questions. some psychologists are interested in understanding the role fathers have a secondary attachment figures whilst others are concerned with the father as a primary attachment figure. The former have tended to see fathers as behaving differently from the mother and having a distinct role, whilst the latter have tended to see that fathers can take on…