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Outline the phases of attachment by Schaffer and Emerson
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Outline the phases of attachment by Schaffer and Emerson. (6 marks) One of the most influential accounts of the development of attachment is by Rudolph Schaffer and Peggy Emerson in 1964. They suggested that there are three main stages to the attachment process. Stage 1: Which is from birth to 6 weeks. Schaffer and Emerson called this the 'Asocial Stage'. According to Schaffer and Emerson, babies during this period do not act in a social manner. Babies respond to people in much the same way as the do to everything else, for example toys. They also do not show any recognition of individual people. Stage 2: Which is from 6 weeks to 7 months. Schaffer and Emerson called this the 'Indiscriminate Attachment Stage'. According to Schaffer and Emerson, infants can now distinguish between people and things, and show a general sociability towards people. Schaffer later divided Stage 2 into two parts in 1977. 1st part of Stage 2:...
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