Attachment Flashcards
What is attachment
Specific, preferential, and enduring emotional tie between infant and caregiver
Why do we need attachment
-Promotes survival
-Provides security
-Safety
-Protection
Lorenz attachment theory
-Raised baby geese
-Imprinted on him
Harlow attachment theory
-Cloth monkey mother and wire monkey mother
-Wire monkey has food
-Baby only goes to wire monkey for food, and goods to cloth mother for comfort
Attachment behavioural system (Bowlby)
-Exploratory
-Fear
-Sociable
-Caregiving
Exploratory (attachment behavioural system)
How we gain info from environment, what to expect, attachment figure as a secure based.
Fear (attachment behaviour system)
Fear response adaptive, fear increases attachment behaviours
Sociable (attachment behaviour system)
Social species , connect to others for safety, builds our social development.
Caregiving (attachment behaviour system)
-Biologically driven to protect offspring, parenting behaviour are learned and rooted n culture and experience.
Attachment bond (Bowlby)
1) Persistent , not transitory
2) Involve a specific person
3) Is emotionally significant
4) Desire to maintain proximity or close contact with
5) Feels distress at involuntary separation
6) Seeks security and comfort
What are the categories of attachment
Secure
Insecure
-Resistant
-Avoidant
-Disorganised