1. Stages of Attachment
Stage 1 – Asocial Attachments First few weeks Infants produce similar responses to all objects, whether they are animate or inanimate Towards the end of this period, infants are beginning to show a greater preference for social stimuli, such as a smiling face, and are more content when they are with people During this period, reciprocity and interactional synchrony play a role in establishing the infant’s relationship with others.

2. Stages of Attachment
Stage 2 – indiscriminate attachment From 2-7 months they become more social They prefer human company to inanimate objects and can distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar people. They prefer familiar adults. However, they are still relatively easily comforted be anyone, and do not yet show separation anxiety or stranger anxiety. The distinctive feature of this stage is their sociability – enjoyment of being round people

3. Stages of Attachment
Stage 3 – Discriminate attachment/specific attachment By 7 months old most infants begin to show a distinctly different protest when one particular person puts them down (separation anxiety). Equally, they show special joy at reunion with that person and are most comforted by that person They have formed their specific attachment to one person – their primary attachment figure and stranger anxiety is formed How can we use Schaffer and Emerson here to suggest who the primary attachment figure is? Write down your answer.

4. Stages of Attachment
Stage 4 – Multiple attachments Very soon after the main attachment is formed, the infant also develops a wider circle of multiple attachments depending on how many consistent relationships he/she has. Specifically, Schaffer and Emerson found that, within one month of being attached, 29% of infants had multiple attachments to someone else. These are called secondary attachments – who might this be? Within six months this had risen to 78%. Within one year the majority of infants had developed at least 5 multiple attachments.