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Who were the participants for the study by Shaffer & Emerson?
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60 babies from WORKING CLASS BACKGROUNDS in
GLASGOW |
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What were the two types of behaviour that Scaffer & Emerson investigated?
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Separation Anxiety
Stranger Distress |
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How did Schaffer & Emerson collect their data?
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Observation
Diary records from Mother
Interviews with Mother |
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When did Schaffer & Emerson find that most babies formed an attachment?
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How did Schaffer & Emerson know that the babies had formed an attachment?
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| When the baby showed Separation Anxiety |
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What did Schaffer & Emerson find?
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| Almost 40% of babies DID NOT form their first attachment with their main caregiver (the person who feeds them, clothes them etc) but with the person who paid attention and played with them. |
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:) Variety of data collecting
:) High in ecological validity
:( self report may lack in validity
:( small sample in glasgow, can not generalise to the rest of the country/the world |
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| :) relatively unstressful for babies as it took place in their own home with their mothers |
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| Who do the babies form their attachment with? |
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65% - Mother only
27% Mother and another (joint attachment)
39% don't form an attachment with primary caregiver
3% form their first attachment to their fathers |
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| It was a longitudinal study in a natural enviroment, explain what is good about this. |
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Longitudinal -
:) researchers can track the development of attachement over a long period of time
Natural enviroment-
:) baby is more likely to act naturally because they are familiar with their surroundings. |
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