Attachment Flashcards
What is Bowlby’s Theory of Maternal Deprivation?
Theory focuses on the effects of how early experiences interfere with the usual process of attachment formation.
What does Bowlby propose with his Maternal Deprivation theory?
That separation from the mother/mother substitute has a serious effect on psychological development.
What is the definition of Maternal Deprivation?
The emotional and intellectual consequence or separation between a child and their mother/substitute.
What did Bowlby propose about continuous care?
That it was essential from a mother for botmal psychological development. Prolonged separaton from the adult causes serious damage to emotional and intellectual development.
What does separation mean?
(Bowlby’s Theory of Maternal Deprivation)
The child not being in the presence of the primary caregiver.
