Schaffer's stages recap

Who proposed the stage theory of attachment?

• Ainsworth

• Schaffer

• Zimbardo

• Bowlby

What is meant by the term "stranger anxiety"?

• When the baby becomes distressed when they don't have their teddy

• When the baby becomes distressed when they need feeding

• When the baby becomes distressed when approached by someone unfamiliar

• When the baby becomes distressed when they are separated from their caregiver

What is meant by the term "separation anxiety"?

• When the baby becomes distressed when they don't have their teddy

• When the baby becomes distressed when they need feeding

• When the baby becomes distressed when approached by someone unfamiliar

• When the baby becomes distressed when they are separated from their caregiver

Match the following stages to the ages when they happen

• 2-7 months

• Indiscriminate stage

• 10+ months

• Multiple attachments

• 7+ months

• Asocial stage

• 0-6 weeks

• Specific stage

If a baby is in the asocial stage, what kind of behaviour might they show?

• A baby's behaviour will be the same towards humans and inanimate objects

• The baby shows an attachment to one adult

• Baby's show some social behaviour towards all adults

• The baby shows an attachment to more than one adult

If a baby is in the indiscriminate stage, what kind of behaviour might they show?

• A baby's behaviour will be the same towards humans and inanimate objects

• The baby shows an attachment to one adult

• Baby's show some social behaviour towards all adults

• The baby shows an attachment to more than one adult

If a baby is in the specific stage, what kind of behaviour might they show?

• A baby's behaviour will be the same towards humans and inanimate objects

• The baby shows an attachment to one adult

• Baby's show some social behaviour towards all adults

• The baby shows an attachment to more than one adult

If a baby is in the multiple attachment stage, what kind of behaviour might they show?

• A baby's behaviour will be the same towards humans and inanimate objects

• The baby shows an attachment to one adult

• Baby's show some social behaviour towards all adults

• The baby shows an attachment to more than one adult

What is a strength of the stages of attachment?

• High internal validity

• Research support

• Real world application to day care

• High ecological validity

What is a limitation of the stages of attachment?

• The stages are in the wrong order.

• Stage theories suggest that babies have to go through all four stages in a fixed order

• No research support for the stages

• The stages have no real world application