AQA A-level Psychology: Attachment Summary

Which of the following best describes reciprocity?

• A walk
• A chat
• A dance
• A fight

During interaction, the mother's and infant's signals:

• Synchronise
• differentiate
• Slow down
• Stay the same

Which of the following activities is more common in fathers than mothers?

• Smiling
• Holding
• Imitating
• Playing

Which of these is a strength of research into early interaction?

• It is a socially sensitive topic
• It is easy to intrepret infant behaviour
• Controlled observations capture fine detail
• Observations tell us the functions of behaviour

In Schaffer & Emerson's (1964) study which of the following best describes the participants?

• 60 18 month old girls from Glasgow
• 60 middle-class children and fathers from Glasgow
• 30 working-class boys and their families from Glasgow
• 60 working-class children and their families from Glasgow

Schaffer & Emerson assessed what in infants?

• Stranger anxiety
• Separation anxiety
• Separation and stranger anxiety
• Exploration

In which of these stages does a child first display social behaviour towards all adults?

• The asocial stage
• The indiscriminate attachment stage
• The discriminate attachment stage
• The multiple attachment stage

At what age do infants usually start to form a specific attachment?

• 2 months
• 7 months
• 11 months
• 18 months

What is the phenomenon in which early contact influences mate preference called?

• Imprinting

• Contact comfort

• Deprivation

• Sexual imprinting

Which of these behaviours describes Harlow's monkeys that were maternally deprived?

• Aggressive
• Sociable
• Devious
• Good parents