Attachment Flashcards

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Reciprocity

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Mother and infant respond to each others signals and elicit a response

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International synchrony

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Mother and infant reflect actions and emotions in a co-ordinated way

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First stage of attachment according to Schaffer and Emerson 1954

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Asocial (birth to 6weeks)

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Second stage of attachment according to Schaffer and Emerson

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Indiscriminate (2-7months)

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Third stage of attachment according to Schaffer and Emerson

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Specific attachment (7+months)

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Fourth stage of attachment according to Schaffer and Emerson

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Multiple attachment (7+months)

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Evaluation for Schaffer and Emerson’s study

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Reductionistic
Good external validity
Improved validity-longitudinal design

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Evaluation against Schaffer and Emerson’s study

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Difficult to observe
Not generalisable
Alternative explanation

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What % of fathers were the first attachment in Schaffer and Emerson’s study

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3%

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What % of parents were the joint first attachment according to Schaffer and Emerson

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27%

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What did Grossman (2002) say about the role of the farther

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They have a playful role, but don’t have an important role in emotional development

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What did Tiffany field (1987) say about the role of the father

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They have the potential to be the primary caregiver if they provide responsiveness to their baby

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What do the behaviourist approach say about attachment

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Learning theory-attachment is learnt through food
Social learning theory-attachment is done through imitating models

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What does the psychodynamic theory say about attachment

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Attachment is formed based on who satisfies their feeding needs

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What does the ethnological theory state about attachment

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Attachment is formed to enable their own survival

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What is Bowlby theory of attachment

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Attachment it formed to ensure the survival, and to provide a working model for later life

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What did Harlow (1958) conclude from his experiment

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An infant money had to be introduced to a mother figure within 90 days for attachment to take place

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What did Lorenz (1935) conclude from his experiment

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The critical period for imprinting is 12-17 hours after hatching, if not imprinted attachment would never be formed.

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Evaluation for Harlow’s study

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Theoretical value
Practical value

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Evaluation against Harlow’s study

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Ethical issues
Low generalisability

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Evaluation against Lorenz’s study

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Limited generalisability
Imprinting is not permanent

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Bowlby’s theory of monotropic

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One particular attachment is different and important for a child’s developments

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According to Ainsworth what are the four forms of attachment

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  1. Secure
    2.insecure-avoidant
    3.secure-resistant
    4.disorganised
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What is ainsworth’s strange situation

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A controlled observation designed to test attachment security

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Evaluation for ainsworth’s strange situation

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Replicability

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Evaluation against ainsworth’s strange situation

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Unethical
Low ecological validity
Culture
Appropriateness

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% of infants that were secure attachment in ainsworth’s study (1970)

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66%

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% of resistant attachment in ainsworth’s study (1970)

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12%

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% of infants that are avoidant attachment in Ainsworth’s study (1970)

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22%

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a culture that has emphasis on group effort and co-operation

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collectivists

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a culture that has emphasis on personal achievement

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individualist

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what does Van Izendoorn and Kroonenberg’s (1988) study support the idea of

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secure attachment is adaptive

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how did Tronick (1992) support Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg’s study

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in tribes they still have a primary attachment figure, attachment is innate.

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what did Takahashi (1990) find from his study

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Japanese children were more likely to cry when the mothers leaves due to Japanese children not being absent from mothers.

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what did Grossmann and Grossmann (1991) conclude in their experiment

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German culture favours low proximity seeking behaviour and independent infants

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how does Grossmann’s and Grossmann’s study critise Ainsworth

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the strange situation is not a valid form of measurement, and doesn’t take int account cultures.

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criticism of cross-cultural research in attachment

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1.samples tend to be unrepresentative
2.method of assessment is biased
3.alternative explanation

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how did Kagen critise the strange situation

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he found attachment type is more related to temperament than a relationship with a primary care-giver, and it simply measures an infants anxiety.

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what is maternal deprivation

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emotional and intellectual consequences of separation between a child and their mother is essential.

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what are the possible effects of separation

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1.intellectual development
2.emotional development
3.physical development

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what % of young thieves showed ‘affectionless psychopathy’ in Bowlby’s study

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32%

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what did Bowlby conclude from his 44 thieves study (1946)

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anti-social behaviour and emotional problems was due to maternal deprivation

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criticisms of Bowlby’s 44 theives study

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-poor validity
-experimenter bias
-didn’t distinguish between deprivation and privatisation
-doesn’t take into account other factors

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positives of Bolwby;s 44 thieves

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-research support
-supports deprivation leads to affection less psychopathy

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what did Rutter (2011) find from his study

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negative outcomes from maternal deprivation can be overcome through adequate substitute care before 6 months old

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what are the effects of institutionalisation and privation

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disinhibited attachment and mental retardation

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criticisms of Rutter ‘s study

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contradicting support (Bucharest)
lacks generalisability

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strengths of Rutter’s study

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real life application
increased internal validity

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what % of respondents were securely attached in Hazen and Shaver’s study (1987)

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56%

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what % of people were insecure avoident in Hazen and Shaver’s study

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25%

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what % of participants were insecure-resistant in hazen and shavers study

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19%

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what did Hazen and Shaver conclude from their study

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the correlation between adults attachment style and childhood parenting is similar

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