Stages of Attachment

Schaffer investigated:

• The age at which different types of attachment develop

• The different types of attachment

• Cultural variations in attachment

• The influence of early attachment on later relationships

What stage:

From around 7 months

• asocial

• indiscriminate

• specific

• multiple

What stage:

will demonstrate same behaviours with adults and objects

• asocial

• indiscriminate

• specific

• multiple

What stage:

separation anxiety is shown to a number of people

• asocial

• indiscriminate

• specific

• multiple

What stage:

clear preference for humans over objects

• asocial

• indiscriminate

• specific

• multiple

What stage:

prefers human interactions over objects,

but similar behaviours to the both

• asocial

• indiscriminate

• specific

• multiple

Type of study done by Schaffer and Emerson

l___________l

City study done in by Schaffer and Emerson

G______

Number of babies within the study

How many stages of attachment did Schaffer identify?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6