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Schaffer's Stages of Attachment ((Indiscriminate (2-7 months, Prefer…
Schaffer's Stages of Attachment
Indiscriminate
2-7 months
Prefer humans over objects and can recognise familiar adults
Specific
7-12 months
Strong attachment to primary care giver, show stranger and separation anxiety
Asocial
Objects and humans are treated the same
First weeks
Multiple
12-18 months
Form attachment to secondary care giver and other familiar adults
Glasgow
Interviewed mother and observed infants behaviour
Visited every month for the first 12 months and then again at 18 months
Only done in Glasgow, population validity?
Mothers may have displayed social desirability
in the asocial stage babies cannot do much for themselves which is the main reason for any of their behaviour in the first weeks
Longitudinal, no individual differences
Objective because it used behavioural catagories