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Attachment - The three stages that are involved in social development.
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Andrew Caldwell Psychology Homework - Attachment The three stages that are involved in social development are: Stage One - The infant is attached to other human beings in preference to inanimate features of the environment. At round about six weeks, babies begin to smile at human faces and voices - the first social smile. Stage Two - At round about three months the infant learns to distinguish different human beings. The parents are recognised as familiar and get a smile response, strangers are seen as unfamiliar. The infant does not appear to be distresses when cared for by unfamiliar people. Stage Three - At round about six to seven months the baby is capable of forming a lasting, emotionally meaningful bond or attachment with certain specific individual whose company it seeks. The major indications that a bond has been formed are: * Missing the mother when she is gone for a few minutes * A fear...
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