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psychology: paper 1:
psychology: paper 1: attachment: multiple attachments and the role of the father
Question | Answer |
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1. what does Bowlby suggest? | fathers can fill a closely resembling role to the mother although uncommon as they are more likely to engage in physical activity and play |
2. how many infants formed an attachment to the father at 18 months? | 75% |
3. 75% of infants formed an attachment to the father after how long? | 18 months |
4. When did Grossman conduct their study? | 2002 |
5. what was Grossman's study procedure? | longitudinal study looking at both parents' behaviour and relationships to assess the quality of the children's' attachments into teens |
6. what did Grossman find? | infant attachment = mother adolescent attachment = father father = more play less nurture |
7. when did Field conduct their study? | 1978 |
8. what was Field's procedure? | filmed 4 month old babies face to face interaction with primary caregiver mothers, secondary caregiver fathers and primary caregiver fathers |
9. what did Field find? | key to attachment is the level of responsiveness not the gender of the parent |
10. strength of the methodology of Grossman (2002)? | longitudinal study means they were able to see the change from infant years to adolescence giving them more representative data |
11. strength of the social implications of Field's (1978) study? | fathers and single fathers are reassured that they can be the primary attachment figure, information applied to the real world |
12. how are there problems with historical context that should be checked? | modern society means that women are encouraged to work now and there are more men taking on the 'motherly' role as a stay at home husband etc so it can be argued this is out of date therefore does not apply to the modern world |
13. how are there biological explanations for why women tend to be the primary attachment figure the majority of the time? | women have more hormones such as oestrogen which naturally makes them more nurturing therefore they are biologically predisposed to be the primary attachment figure |