Attachment

Question 1

Who did the strange situation:

Answer 1

Ainsworth

Question 2

All 5 behaviours:

Answer 2

• Proximity Seeking
• Exploration and secure-base behaviour
• Stranger Anxiety
• Separation Anxiety
• Response to Union

Question 3

How many episodes:

Answer 3

7

Question 4

How long was each episode:

Answer 4

3 minutes

Question 5

How long was the whole observation:

Answer 5

21 minutes but could have been cut short if the mother requested.

Question 6

Types of Attachments:

Answer 6

Type B (secure attachment), Type A (insecure - avoidant), Type C (insecure - resistant)

Question 7

Type B:

Answer 7

Secure Attachment

Go back to caregivers
Moderate separation distress
Moderate Stranger Anxiety
Require and accept comfort in the reunion stage

Question 8

Type A:

Answer 8

Insecure Avoidant

Explore Freely
Don't seek proximity
Don't show secure base behaviour
No reaction when caregiver leaves
Little stranger anxiety
Little effort for contact during reunion and sometimes refuse it

Question 9

Type C:

Answer 9

Insecure Resistant

Seek a lot of proximity, so explore less
High levels of stranger anxiety
High levels of separation anxiety
Resist comfort during reunion

Question 10

Bowlby's Monotropic Theory:
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3
3
5
6

Answer 10

1 Monotropy
2 Critical period
3 Primary Attachment Figure
3 Internal Working Model
5 Social Releasers
6 Law of continuity
   Law of Accumulated Separation

Question 11

Montropic:

Answer 11

One main attachment

Question 12

Critical Period:

Answer 12

Time in which babies can form attachments, 2 years

Question 13

Internal Working Model:

Answer 13

Mental representation of what attachments are like, based on attachment with primary attachment figure.

Question 14

Social Releasers:

Answer 14

Cute innate responses babies do to start social interactions with adults.

Question 15

Who came up with Learning Theory:

Answer 15

Dollard and Miller

Question 16

Learning Theory:

Answer 16

Based on classical and operant conditioning and the attachment figure giving food to their child.

Question 17

Secondary Drive:

Answer 17

Hunger is a primary drive, attachment is a secondary drive.

Question 18

Role of the Father Researchers:

Answer 18

Grossman, Field

Question 19

Grossman Study:

Answer 19

Studies babies up to their teens. Found that the attachment to the father is less important than the attachment to the mother.

But, found that the quality of the play with the father was related to the babies’ attachments.

Question 20

Field Study:

Answer 20

Primary caregiver fathers spent more time smiling and holding the baby than secondary caregiver fathers. Fathers have the potential to be primary attachment figures.

Question 21

Stages of Attachment:

Answer 21

AIMS

A - asocial stage
I - indiscriminate stage
S - specific attachment stage
M - multiple attachment stage

Question 22

Reciprocity:

Answer 22

Where a baby and adult are interacting with each other and take turns reacting to each other, like a dance.

Question 23

Interactional Synchrony

Answer 23

Baby and caregiver do the same actions as each other.