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I create and sell detailed AQA A-level Psychology essay plans focused on the attachment topic. These resources include clear explanations, AO1 content, AO3 evaluation, and exam-style structure to help students improve their understanding and exam technique. These essay plans include: caregiver interactions, stages of attachment, role of the father, cultural variations, strange situation and Bowlbys monotropic theory.

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Care giver interactions
Aol Paragraph
2 interactions Reciprocity a interactional synchrony
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caregiverinteractions
Mg sÉMe infants from 2 weeks adult displayed 1 of 3
expressions the Childs response was filmed
e Found the infant
were more mirror those of adults more than chance
likely to
would predict
Infants have Alert phases meaning they signal making eye
contact when they are ready for interaction
These interactions are important for attachment a psycholog
found highlevels of synchrony was associated with better
quality attachment
703 Paragraph what How why

Strength Testability a controlled observation meaning
Confounding extraneous variables were controlled
so higher internal validity reliable a replicable
Weakness Testability difficult to understand caregiver
Latin SEE naearig.ve PnEi ctonnsTare
a special meaning

weakness usefulness observing behaviour simply does not
tell us developmental importance observing just
gives names to specific behaviours May not be
in development Cannot
useful be certain its
important for Childs development

, Stages of attachment
A 01 paragraph
Schaffer emerson
e found there are 4 stages of
attachment A social indiscriminate specific e multiple
Theytheobserved 60 glasgow we babies every month
for 1st e
again at 18 months They then asked
the mothers year
questions about their baby showing
stranger e separation anxiety e found 4 stages
A social 0 2 months starts to prefer human faces
indiscriminate 2 months shows no preference towards
a certain adult no separation e stranger
specific 7 12 month shows separation eanxiety
stranger
IT the Is wes's pattrition
strangeranxiety
towards more than I person
findings 25 30 weeks
e 40 weeks 50
50
had specific
had specific attachments
30 had multiple
attachments
703 Paragraph what How why

Strength Testability was conducted in their own homes
so
behaviours would've been more valid e
truthful to situations high external validity
Weakness Testability Mothers were the Observers of
their infants so could have observer bias e
social desirability when schaffer asked the
questions Behaviours not have been
may
a curate lacks internal validity
Weakness Culture bias all the babies were we efro
glasgow so findings cannot be generalis
as other cultures may have responded
differently universality in findings
lacks
e less representative

Weakness Conflicting evidence Bowlbys monotropic
theory limited explanation for validity
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