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Attachment Behaviours and Stages

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“A close two-way emotional bond between two individuals, in which each individual sees the other as essential for their own emotional security"

This is describing...?

a)

Reciprocity

b)

Interactional Synchrony

c)

Attachment

d)

Deprivation

2.

In Shaffer and Emerson Study, which of the following best describes the participants?

a)

60 18- month old girls from Glasgow

b)

60 middle-class children and fathers from Edinburgh

c)

30 working class boys and their families from Glasgow

d)

60 working class children and their families from Glasgow

3.

Shaffer and Emerson assessed what in the infants?

a)

Stranger anxiety

b)

Separation anxiety

c)

Separation anxiety and Stranger anxiety

d)

Zombie related anxiety

4.

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

a)

The Asocial Stage

b)

The Indiscriminate Attachment Stage

c)

The Specific Attachment Stage

d)

The Multiple Attachments Stage

5.

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

a)

2 months

b)

7 months

c)

11 months

d)

18 months

6.

Which Research Methods were used in Shaffer and Emerson's research? Choose 2 answers

a)

Longitudinal

b)

Experiment

c)

Meta Analysis

d)

Observations

7.

The fact that there is a pattern to forming attachments suggests what?

a)

It is a learnt behaviour

b)

Only children who are shown love will form an attachment

c)

It is biologically driven

d)

All children form an attachment

8.

Which of these is NOT a weakness of Emerson and Shaffer's research?

a)

Social Desirability

b)

Mundane Realism

c)

Individual differences

d)

Not Representative

9.

A response from one elicits a response from the other is...?

a)

Interactional Synchrony

b)

Reciprocity

c)

Sensitive Responsiveness

d)

Imitation

10.

Rhythmic exchange of communication both verbal and non verbal is...?

a)

Interactional Synchrony

b)

Reciprocity

c)

Sensitive Responsiveness

d)

Imitation

11.

Infants appear to have an innate ability to imitate carers’ facial expressions is...?

a)

Interactional Synchrony

b)

Reciprocity

c)

Sensitive Responsiveness

d)

Imitation

12.

Adults are familiar and confident reacting to the needs of the child is...?

a)

Interactional Synchrony

b)

Reciprocity

c)

Sensitive Responsiveness

d)

Imitation

13.

What stage is this?

Infants initially struggle to distinguish between humans and objects

a)

Asocial

b)

Indiscriminate

c)

Discriminate

d)

Multiple

14.

What stage is this?

When stranger anxiety is first developed

a)

Asocial

b)

Indiscriminate

c)

Discriminate

d)

Multiple

15.

What stage is this?

Responds positively to mum, dad, nanny and grandad

a)

Asocial

b)

Indiscriminate

c)

Discriminate

d)

Multiple