Attachment

Question 1

Define maternal deprivation

Answer 1

It is the emotional and intellectual consequences of separation between a child and his/her mother or mother substitute

Question 2

When did the research take place?

Answer 2

The 1950s

Question 3

Explain what was different in the 1950s

Answer 3

-Mothers stayed at home and looked after children
-Fathers didn’t really take a caring role
-Hospital stays for children meant that their parents dropped them off and came back when it was time to pick them up
-No visiting hours for children or parents

Question 4

What are social releasers?

Answer 4

Cute behaviours that activate the adult attachment system

Question 5

What is the critical period?

Answer 5

The period of time where an attachment must occur if it’s to occur at all

Question 6

Bowlby’s Mono-tropic Theory of Attachment is an evolutionary explanation. What does this mean?

Answer 6

Attachment is a system that gives a survival advantage