(2) WK 5 Attachment And Loss Flashcards
Define proximity seeking
Infants and children like to stay near to parents especially in new or threatening situations
Define secure base effect
Children are happy in presence of parents and confident to explore and play
A child chucks a tantrum when they see their parent leaving for work
This could be defined as….
Separation protest
What do infants need to survive
Protection
Assistance with physiological regulation
Assistance with emotional regulation
Assistance to mentalise - conceptualise the world
Which theorist believed that attachment behaviour was as innate and significant as sex and feeding
John bowlby
He defined attachment behaviour as any form of behaviour that resulted in attaining or retaining proximity to another preferred individual
Bowlby identified three phases of reaction after separation
What are they
Protest
Despair
Detachment
At 12 -15 months 66% of children show secure attachment which means….
They explore and play while mother is present
Are distressed when mother leaves - no exploring
Attachment behaviour - mother returns - close bodily contact and interest
Define loss
An event that produces persisting inaccessibility of an emotionally important figure
Define grief
Grief is a reaction to loss
Define bereavement
The experience or state of having lost someone or something
Define mourning
The behavioural and social processes following grief (and therefore loss)
What are some factors that effect grief
Meaning structures Personal The developmental stage of the individual Cultural Nature of loss Relationship of dead with the living Status of the relationship Nature of social support Coping strategies that the individual uses
“Loss” is the removal of….
Attachment
Non-finite grief or chronic sorrow …..
Is persistent grieving (disability)
Affects person or parents
Recurrent through life
