STAGES OF ATTACHMENT DEVELOPMENT

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DESCRIPTION - WHAT DO 4 UNIVERSAL, DISTINCT STAGES DEVELOP
INFANT'S ATTACHMENT
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DESCRIPTION - WHAT IS THE FIRST STAGE CALLED AND WHEN DOES IT TAKE PLACE
PRE-ATTACHMENT PHASE AND LASTS FROM BIRTH TO 3 MONTHS
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DESCRIPTION - DESCRIBE THE PRE-ATTACHMENT PHASE
FROM 6 WEEKS OF AGE INFANTS BECOME ATTRACTED TO OTHER HUMANS, PREFERRING THEM TO OBJECTS AND EVENTS. THIS PREFERENCE IS DEMONSTRATED BY INFANTS SMILING AT PEOPLE'S FACES
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DESCRIPTION - WHAT IS THE SECOND STAGE CALLED AND WHEN DOES IT OCCUR
INDISCRIMINATE STAGE AND LASTS FROM 3-7/8 MONTHS
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DESCRIPTION - DESCRIBE THE INDISCRIMINATE STAGE
INFANTS START TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN FAMILIAR AND UNFAMILIAR PEOPLE, SMILING MORE AT PEOPLE THEY KNOW. THEY STILL ALLOW STRANGERS TO HANDLE AND LOOK AFTER THEM THOUGH
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DESCRIPTION - WHAT IS THE THIRD STAGE CALLED AND WHEN DOES IT OCCUR
DISCRIMINATE ATTACHMENT PHASE AND LASTS FROM 7/8 MONTHS ONWARDS
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DESCRIPTION - DESCRIBE THE DISCRIMINATE ATTACHMENT PHASE
INFANTS DEVELOP SPECIFIC ATTACHMENTS, STAYING CLOSE TO PREFERRED PEOPLE, SHOWING DISTRESS AND ANXIETY WHEN SEPARATED FROM THEM. THEY AVOID UNFAMILIAR PEOPLE AND PROTEST WHEN STRANGERS HANDLE THEM
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DESCRIPTION - WHAT IS THE FINAL STAGE CALLED AND WHEN DOES IT OCCUR
MULTIPLE ATTACHMENT PHASE AND LASTS FROM 9 MONTHS ONWARDS
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DESCRIPTION - DESCRIBE THE MULTIPLE ATTACHMENT PHASE
INFANTS DEVELOP STRONG, EMOTIONAL BONDS WITH OTHER MAJOR CAREGIVERS, LIKE GRANDPARENTS, AND NON-CAREGIVERS, LIKE SIBLINGS. FEAR OF STRANGERS WEAKENS, BUT THE PRIME ATTACHMENT TO THE MOTHER FIGURE IS STILL THE STRONGEST
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FOCAL STUDY - WHAT DID SHAFFER AND EMERSON (1964) INVESTIGATE
WHETHER THERE WAS A COMMON PATTERN OF ATTACHMENT FORMATION.
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FOCAL STUDY - HOW MANY BABIES WERE STUDIED AND WHEN AND HOW
60 NEWBORN INFANTS STUDIED EACH MONTH IN OWN HOMES WITH MOTHERS FOR 12 MONTHS
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FOCAL STUDY - WHEN WERE THE INFANTS STUDIED AGAIN
18 MONTHS OF AGE
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FOCAL STUDY - DESCRIBE THE INTERVIEWS
INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH MOTHERS, AND QUESTIONS WERE ASKED ABOUT WHOM INFANTS SMILED AT, WHOM THEY RESPONDED TO, AND WHO AND WHAT CAUSED THEM DISTRESS
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FOCAL STUDY - DESCRIBE THE OBSERVATIONS
OBSERVATIONS WERE ALSO MADE ON THE MONTHLY VISITS. MOST INFANTS BEGAN SHOWING SEPARATION PROTEST FROM THE MAIN CAREGIVER BETWEEN 6-8 MONTHS, WITH STRANGER ANXIETY FOLLOWING A MONTH LATER
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FOCAL STUDY - FINDINGS
MTHERS OF STRONGLY ATTACHED INFANTS RESPONDEDMORE QUICKLY TO THEIR NEEDS AND GAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERACTIONS
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FOCAL STUDY - WHAT HAPPENED WITH MOST INFANTS
MOST INFANTS DEVELOPED MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS - AT 18 MONTHS, 87% HAD AT LEAST 2 ATTACHMENTS AND 31% 5 OR MORE.
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FOCAL STUDY - HOW DID INFANTS BEHAVE
MOST INFANTS BEHAVED SIMILARLY TO DIFFERENT ATTACHMENT FIGURES. 39% OF PRIME ATTACHMENTS WERE NOT TO THE MAIN CAREGIVER.
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FOCAL STUDY - WHAT DO THE FINDINGS SUGGEST
THIS SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS A COMMON PATTERN OF ATTACHMENT FORAMTION AND THAT ATTACHMENTS ARE MORE EASILY MADE WITH THOSE SHOWING SENSITIVE RESPONSIVENESS. MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS ARE THE NORM AND OF SIMILAR QUALITY
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OTHER STUDIES - EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURE OF CARPENTER (1975)
GAVE INFANTS UNFAMILIAR AND FAMILIAR VOICES AND FACES. SOMETIMES THE FACE AND THE VOICE WERE OF THE SAME PERSON AND SOMETIMES NOT
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OTHER STUDIES - EXPLAIN THE FINDINGS OF CARPENTER (1975)
2-WEEK-OLD BABIES LOOKED AT A FACE LONGER WHEN IT WAS THEIR MOTHER'S ACCOMPANIED BY HER VOICE AND SHOWED DISTRESS WHEN IT WAS HERFACE ACCOMPANIED BY A DIFFERENT VOICE
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OTHER STUDIES - WHAT DO THE FINDINGS OF CARPENTER (1975) SUGGEST
THIS SUGGESTS THAT INFANTS CAN RECOGNISE AND ARE ATTRACTED TO THEIRMOTHERS FROM AN EARLY AGE, WHICH CONTRADICTS SHAFFER AND EMERSON'S (1964) FINDING THAT INFANTS WERE INITIALLY ATTRACTED TO ANYONE WHO INTERACTED WITH THEM
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OTHER STUDIES - WHAT DID LAMB ET AL (1982) STUDY
THE RELATIONSHIPS AND ATTACHMENTS THAT INFANTS HAD TO PEOPLE LIKE FATHERS, GRANDPARENTS AND SIBLINGS
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OTHER STUDIES - WHAT DID LAMB ET AL (1982) FIND AND WHAT DOES IT SUPPORT
FOUND THAT DIFFERENT ATTACHMENTS SERVED DIFFERENT PURPOSES BUT WERE OF EQUAL STRENGTH. THIS SUPPORTS SCHAFFER AND EMERSON'S FINDING THAT MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS ARE OF SIMILAR QUALITY
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OTHER STUDIES - EXPLAIN RUTTER (1981)
FOUND THAT MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS WERE THE NORM, SUPPORTING SCHAFFERAND EMERSON'S SIMILAR FINDINGS
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