Attachment Pt 1 (CRG - Stages of attachement

What is the definition of attachment?

• A close, two-way emotional bond between two individuals.

• A temporary emotional bond between two individuals.

• A one-way emotional bond between two individuals.

• A bond that only forms between family members.

What is the importance of reciprocity in attachment?

• It involves only the infant responding to the caregiver.

• It is not important in attachment formation.

• It involves only the caregiver responding to the infant.

• Both caregiver and infant respond to each other's signals and elicit responses.

What does interactional synchrony refer to?

• The emotional bond between siblings.

• Temporal co-ordination of micro-level social behaviour.

• The infant's ability to predict the caregiver's needs.

• The caregiver's ability to predict the infant's needs.

Which study described interactional synchrony as a 'dance'?

• Meltzoff & Moore (1977)

• Brazelton et al. (1975)

• Finegood et al. (2016)

• Feldman & Eidelman (2007)

What did Meltzoff & Moore (1977) find about babies?

• Babies only imitate gestures after 6 months.

• Babies as young as 2 weeks imitate facial expressions and gestures.

• Babies as young as 2 weeks do not imitate facial expressions.

• Babies do not imitate facial expressions at all.

What is a strength of filmed observations in attachment research?

• They are not useful in attachment research.

• They allow for distractions to be maximized.

• They are always conducted in natural environments.

• They allow behaviours to be reviewed and establish inter-rater reliability.

What is a limitation of interpreting baby behaviour?

• Babies have a wide range of facial expressions.

• Babies' actions like smiling or twitching are always intentional.

• It's hard to tell if actions like smiling or twitching are intentional or reflexive.

• Babies' behaviour is easy to interpret.

What did Isabella et al. (1989) find about interactional synchrony?

• Synchrony is only important in father-baby attachments.

• Synchrony has no impact on attachment.

• High levels of synchrony are linked with better quality mother-baby attachments.

• It is not linked to the quality of mother-baby attachments.

What is the first stage of attachment according to Schaffer and Emerson?

• Specific Attachment

• Multiple Attachments

• Indiscriminate Attachment

• Asocial Stage

At what age range does the indiscriminate attachment stage occur?

• First few weeks

• 2-7 months

• Shortly after 7 months

• From 7 months