Attachment Flashcards
Caregiver-infant interactions-
What is reciprocity?
When a person responds to another and elicits a response.
Caregiver-infant interactions-
What is an example of reciprocity?
A caregiver will respond to a baby’s smile by saying somethings to them, and then this would in turn elicit a response.
Caregiver-infant interactions-
What are alert phases?
This is when babies signal that they are ready for interaction. Mothers typically respond two thirds of the time.
Caregiver-infant interactions-
How old. Is the baby when alert phases become more frequent?
Around 3 months
Caregiver-infant interactions-
What is active involvement?
Old research shows infants have a passive involvement, and are simply looked after tabby parents. More recent research shows that infants also play an active role.
Caregiver-infant interactions-
What is interactional synchrony?
Two individuals carry out the same action at the same time.
The temporary synchronisation of micro-level social behaviours
Caregiver-infant interactions-
When does interactional synchrony occur?
As young as two weeks old.
Caregiver-infant interactions-
What is the importance of attachment?
Interactional synchrony is important to to create a relationship between a caregiver and infant.
Schaffers stages of attachment-
What is the first stage?
Asocial stage
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What is the asocial stage?
Observable behaviours is the same towards people as it is towards inanimate objects
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What is the second stage?
The indiscriminate stage
Schaffers stages of attachment-
What is the ‘indiscriminate’ stage?
Babies display more observable social behaviours. Infants begin to prefer people over inanimate objects.
Schaffers stages of attachment-
In what stage do stranger and separation anxiety occur?
In the indiscriminate stage
Schaffers stages of attachment-
What age does the asocial stage occur?
The first few weeks of life
Schaffers stages of attachment-
When does the ‘indiscriminate’ stage occur?
From 2 to 7 months
Schaffers stages of attachment-
What is the third stage?
The specifics attachment stage
Schaffers stages of attachment-
What is the ‘specific attachment’ stage?
Infant displays the classic signs of attachment to one specific person. This includes stranger and separation anxiety. This is where the primary attachment figure is identified
Schaffers stages of attachment-
What age does the ‘specific attachment’ stage occur?
From around 7 months
Schaffers stages of attachment-
What is the fourth stage?
Multiple attachment stage
Schaffers stages of attachment-
What is the ‘multiple attachment’ stage?
Once the primary attachment is developed, infants begin to extend this behaviour to others
The role of the father-
Are fathers more or less likely to become the primary attachment figure?
Less
The role of the father-
What percentage of infants had their father as their primary attachment?
3%
The role of the father-
What percentage of infants had the father as the first join attachment?
27%
The role of the father-
What percentage of infants developed an atttachmetn with their fathers?
75% by 18 months
The role of the father-
Whose attachment (mothers or fathers) was related to attachments in adolescence?
Mothers
The role of the father-
What was the fathers quality of attachment related to?
The quality of play related to the quality of attachment in adolescence.
The role of the father-
Are fathers able to be the primary attachment figures?
Yes, they are Abel to take on an emotional role, that is typically associated with the mother.
Animal studies of attachment-
Who studied geese?
Lorenz
Animal studies of attachment-
What did Lorenz investigate?
Imprinting and sexual imprinting
Animal studies of attachment-
What is imprinting?
Bird species, which are active from birth, follow the first moving object that they see.
Animal studies of attachment-
What is a critical period?
A time frame in which imprinting needs to take place.
Animal studies of attachment-
What animal was studies when looking into sexual imprinting?
A peacock
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What is sexual imprinting?
Attachment as a child effected adult male preferences.
(Peacock raised with giant tortoises, this peacock showed courting behaviour to giant tortoises no t peacocks)
Animal studies of attachment-
What did Harlow investigate?
The importance of contact comfort.
Animal studies of attachment-
What animal did Harlow research?
Monkeys
Animal studies of attachment-
What were the two kind of mothers in Harlows experiment?
Wire mother, and cloth mother
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What else did Harlow investigate?
How maternal deprivation affected monkeys in adulthood.
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What was the critical period for monkeyS?
90 days