attachment

Question 1

affectionless psychopathy

Answer 1

A term used by bowlby to describe people who don’t show affection for people and show no or very little remorse of guilt

Question 2

asocial stage

Answer 2

stage from 0-6 weeks where infant may respond to faces or voices but an attachment hasn’t been formed

Question 3

attachment

Answer 3

two way enduring emotional tie to another person

Question 4

contact comfort

Answer 4

the physical and emotional comfort that an infant receives from being close to its mother

Question 5

continuity hypothesis

Answer 5

the idea that early relationships with caregivers predict later relationships in adulthood

Question 6

critical period

Answer 6

a time period where an attachment has to form or it never will

Question 7

disinhibited attachment

Answer 7

child shows equal affection to strangers as they do people they know well

Question 8

evolutionary explanation

Answer 8

explanations for behaviour such as attachment that views it as increasing survival chances

Question 9

imprinting

Answer 9

where offspring follow the first moving object they see

Question 10

indiscriminate attachment

Answer 10

infants aged 2-7 months can discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar people but do not show stranger anxiety

Question 11

innate behaviour

Answer 11

a behaviour that is instinctive and doesn’t need to be learned

Question 12

insecure avoidant attachment

Answer 12

attachment classification in strange situation where child shows low stranger and separation anxiety and little response to reunion

Question 13

insecure resistance attachment

Answer 13

attachment classification in strange situation where child shows high stranger and separation anxiety and resists comfort at a reunion

Question 14

institutionalism

Answer 14

the effects of growing up in an institution such as a children’s home or orphanage

Question 15

interactional synchrony

Answer 15

infant and caregiver reflect eachothers actions and emotions in a coordinated manner

Question 16

internal working model

Answer 16

mental representation of our relationship with our primary cargiver that becomes a template for future relationships

Question 17

learning theory

Answer 17

explanations that emphasise the role of learning in acquiring behaviors such as attachment

Question 18

maternal deprivation hypothesis

Answer 18

separation from the mother figure in early childhood has serious consequences

Question 19

monotropy

Answer 19

a unique and close attachment to one person (the primary caregiver)

Question 20

multiple attachments

Answer 20

formation of emotional bonds with more than one carer

Question 21

privation

Answer 21

failure to form an attachment in early childhood

Question 22

proximity seeking

Answer 22

the way that infants try to maintain physical contact or be close to their attachment figure

Question 23

reciprocacy

Answer 23

infant and caregiver match eachothers responses

Question 24

secure attachment

Answer 24

most desirable attachment classification in strange situation where child shows separation anxiety stranger anxiety and joy of reunion

Question 25

sensitive period

Answer 25

the best time period over which attachments can form

Question 26

separation anxiety

Answer 26

degree of distress shown by child when separated from the caregiver

Question 27

social releasers

Answer 27

innate cute behaviors shown by an infant that triggers innate adult attachment system
e.g. smiling and cooing

Question 28

specific attachment

Answer 28

infants aged 7 months tend to show a strong attachment to one particular person and are wary of strangers

Question 29

strange situation

Answer 29

a controlled observation used to test children’s attachment patterns

Question 30

stranger anxiety

Answer 30

degree of distress shown by an infant when with unfamiliar people

Question 31

temperament

Answer 31

the characteristics and aspects of personality an infant is born with and that might impact on attachment type