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Attachment Flashcards

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Attachment

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A two-way, enduring, emotional tie to a specific other person

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Reciprocity

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The interaction of similar behaviour patterns between carer and infant

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Interactional synchrony

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The co-ordinated rhythmic exchanges between carer and infant

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Caregiver-infant interactions

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The mutual exchanges between caregivers and infants that foster and maintain attachment bonds

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Feldman and Eidelman (2007)

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Finegood et al (2016)

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Feldman (2012)

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T. Berry Brazelton et al (1975)

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Isabella et al (1989)

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Meltzoff and Moore (1977)

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Stages of attachment

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The phases infants progress through to develop and maintain attachment bonds

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Multiple attachments

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The formation of emotional bonds with many carers

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Separation protest

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The level and degree of emotional destress shown by infants when apart from caregivers

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Stranger anxiety

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The degree of distress shown by infants when in the presence of unfamiliar persons

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Schaffer and Emerson (1964)

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Role of the father

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The extent to which father are able to function as caregivers and attachment figures in the development of infants

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Sensitive responsiveness

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Recognising and responding appropriately to infants needs

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18
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Schaffer and Emerson (1964)

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Klaus Grossmann et al (2002)

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Tiffany Field (1978)

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McCallum and Golombok (2004)

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Animal studies of attachment

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Research conducted on animals that reveals insights into the origins and functions of attachment behaviour in humans

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Imprinting

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A form of attachment where offspring follow the first large moving object

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Critical period

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A time period in which imprinting must form, after which time it will not be possible for such attachments to form

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Sensitive period

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A best time period within which attachments can form, though they still can form with more difficulty outside this period

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26
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Konrad Lorenz (1952)

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27
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Harry Harlow (1958)

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Regolin and Vallortigara (1955)

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29
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David Howe (1998)

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Learning theory

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The belief that attachments develop through conditioning processes

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Classical conditioning

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The development of an attachment bond due to a caregiver becoming associated with the pleasure that feeding naturally brings

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Operant conditioning

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The development of an attachment bond to a caregiver through the provision of food becoming associated with the removal of the unpleasant sensation of hunger

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Cupboard love theory

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The belief that attachments are formed with people who feed infants

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Dollard and Miller (1950)

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Monotropic theory

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The idea that infants have an inbuilt tendency to make an initial attachment with one attachment figure, usually the mother

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Social releasers

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Innate, infant social behaviours that stimulate adult interaction and caregiving

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Critical period

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Specific time period within which an attachment must form

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Internal working model

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A cognitive framework used to understand the world, self and others, that acts as a template for future relationships based on infant’s primary attachment

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Monotropy

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An innate tendency to become attached to one particular adult

40
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John Bowlby (1958)

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41
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Heidi Bailey et al (2007)

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The Strange Situation

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The accepted observational testing method for measuring attachment types

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Secure attachment

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Type of attachment characterised by infants being confident that a caregiver is available to meet their need and will act as a safe base and a source of comfort in times of distress

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Insecure-avoidant attachment

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Attachment characterised by low anxiety but weak attachment

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Insecure-resistant attachment

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Attachment characterised by strong attachment and high anxiety

46
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Separation anxiety

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The degree of distress shown by infants when parted from attachment figures

47
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Mary Ainsworth et al (1978)

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48
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Ward et al (2006)

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Hohanna Bick et al (2012)

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Cultural variations in attachment

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Differences in child-rearing practices and attachment types between different cultural groupings

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Cross cultural studies

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Comparison of findings from people of different cultures

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Imposed etic

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Using techniques that are only relevant to one culture to study and/or draw conclusions about another

53
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Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg (1988)

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54
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Alessandra Simonelli et al (2014)

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Mi Kyoung Jin et al (2012)

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Maternal deprivation hypothesis (MDH)

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An explanation of the consequences of disrupting attachment bonds that sees serious, permanent damage to children’s development as inevitable

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Separation

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Short-term disruption of an attachment bond

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Deprivation

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Long-term disruption of an attachment bond

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Privation

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Never having formed an attachment bond

60
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Bowlby (1944)

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61
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William Goldfarb (1947)

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62
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Michael Rutter (1981)

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Orphan studies

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Research conducted on Romanian orphans adopted by British families, which assessed the degree to which the effects of privation and institutional care could be overcome

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institutionalisation

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A term for the effects of living in an institutional setting, referring to a hospital or orphanage

65
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Michael Rutter (2011)

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66
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Charles Zeanah et al (2005)

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67
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Langton (2006)

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68
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Childhood relationships

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Affiliations with other people in childhood, including friends and classmates and with adults such as teachers

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Adult relationships

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Those relationships the child goes on to have later in life as an adult

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Internal working model

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A mental representation of an individuals’s relationship with their primary caregiver that becomes a template for future childhood and adult relationships

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Continuity hypothesis

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The idea that there is consistency between early emotional experiences and later relationships

72
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Wilson and Smith (1998)

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73
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Kerns (1994)

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74
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Hazan and Shaver (1987)

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75
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Fearon and Roisman (2017)

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