Attachment

Attachment

1. Maccoby (1980)

   • Seeking Proximity
   • Distress on separation
   • Joy on reunion

2. Lorenz (1935)

   • Goose eggs - randomly into 2 groups
   • Imprinting
     • the tendency to form an attachment to the first large moving object seen after birth.
     • 13 to 16 hours
       • *in geese
   • Lorenz - first moving object
   • 2 groups together - follow Lorenz
   • Critical Period
     • a specific period of time in which something has to develop.
     • up to 32 hours
       • *in geese

3. Klaus and Kennell (1976)

   • Early skin-to-skin contact
   • 2 groups
     • routine contact
     • extended contact
       • More soothing behaviour
       • closer proximity to their babies
   • Sensitive period
     • a period of time in which something is likely to occur. however development can take place outside the sensitive period.

4. De Chateau et al. (1987)

   • replicated Klaus and Kennell's method
   • found the same effect

5. Schaffer and Emerson (1964)

   • Formation of attachment in humans takes around 7 or 8 months