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Stages of Attachment

Published on Jan 15, 2019

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Stages of Attachment

Sean Pugh

Procedure - Schaffer and Emerson

60, monthly visits, diary of responses

Procedure - Schaffer and Emerson

60, monthly visits, diary of responses

Stage 1: 0-6 week

asocial, similar responses to animate and inanimate

Stage 2: 2-7 months

indiscriminate, mainly 4-6 months, more social, start to distinguish

Stage 3: 7 months +

Specific attachment, anxiety when put down, joy at reunion
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Stage 4: 10 months +

Multiple attachments, wider and secondary attachments

Unreliable data

mother's report positive interaction, may affect the validity

Biased sample

unique characteristics, working-class sample from 60s mightn't apply to others
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Cultural variations

might only apply to individualistic cultures, cultural practices may influence stages

Multiple attachment equal?

Rutter argues all attachment figures are equivilant 
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Development is rather inflexible

cultures' multiple attachments may develop first, against the stage theory