... a fixed pattern of development. It is the sequence that is important, the actual ages are approximate, and therefore infants will go through the stages at different times. It will not occur at the same age in each individual. Bowlby (1969) proposed that the development of attachment follows a certain sequence. From birth to eight weeks, the infant is friendly towards other people without discrimination of one special person. At around eight-ten weeks to six months, the orientation and signals are directed towards one or more special people (to a caregiver). At six months through to one-two years, the infant starts to follow their caregiver displaying separation anxiety. The infant also selects other people as attachment figures. However, the friendly responses to other people decrease and the infant treats strangers with increasing caution, (stranger anxiety). Schaffer and Emerson (1964) responded to some of Bowlby's earlier research by conducting a longitudinal study of ...

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