Attachment Flashcards

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What is attachment

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A strong emotional + reciprocal bond between two people that endure over time

Serves function of protecting an infant

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What is a caregiver

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A person that provides care for a child such as a parent or grandparent sibling and so on

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What is reciprocity

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Responding to an action of another similar action
The actions of one partner elicit a response from other partners
Responses are not necessarily as similar as interactional synchrony

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What is interactional synchrony

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Where two people interact + tend to mirror the other
Doing it in terms of facial + body movements
Includes imitating emotions as well as behaviours

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What is multiple attachment

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Having more than one attachment figure

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What is primary attachment

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Person who has formed the closest bond with a child
Demonstrated by an intensity of a relationship

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What is separation anxiety

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They distress shown by an infant when separated from his/her caregiver

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What is stranger anxiety

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Distress shown by an infant when approached or picked up by someone who is unfamiliar

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What are caregiver infant interactions

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Infancy is the period of a child’s life before speech begins

Key interactions between caregiver + infant are non verbal communication

The manner in which they respond to each other determines the formation of attachment

More sensitive each is to other signals deeper relationships

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What is reciprocity

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Responding to action of another with similar action
Where actions of one partner elicit a response from other partners

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What is Interactional synchrony

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Two people interact tend to mirror what other is doing in terms of facial + body movements

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What was meltzoff and moores producer

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A controlled observation
2-3 week old infants
Displaying facial/hand gestures
Recorded infant response
Independent observers
Each observer measured tape twice
All interactions of infant + hand gestures were recorded
Observed behavioural categories

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What are the results of meltzoff + moores study

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Association between infant behaviour and adult that model
High inter observer + intra observer reliability (0.92)

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What was the conclusion of meltzoff and moores study

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It is believed that interactional synchrony is important for development of parent infant attachment

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What was a strength of meltzoff + moores study

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High internal validity/reliability
No investigator effect
No demand characteristics
High ecological validity

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What did Schaffer + Emerson producer

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Researched 60 infants in the working class area of Glasgow
Used a natural observation
They visited them monthly for first 12 months and revisited after 18 months
They measured attachment:
Stranger anxiety - when the non primary care giver the inspection interacted with the baby
Separation Anxiety - when the primary care giver was not around the baby
(Assessed by mother)

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What’s were the findings of Schaffer + Emerson find

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There are 4 stages of attachment
Primary attachment with a person who I interacted with + was most sensitive to infant (65% to the mother + only 3% farther)

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What are the 4 stages of development/ attachment

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Asocial - 0 to 2 moths
Indiscriminate - 2 to 7 months
Discriminate - 7 to 10
Multiple attachments - 10 onwards

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When is the asocial stage and what happens with it

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0-2 months
Infant produces similar responses to all objects animate or inanimate
During this time reciprocity + interactional synchrony play a role establishing infants relationship with each other

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What happens in the indiscriminate stage and when does it happen

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2-7 months
infants prefer human company over inanimate objects
Can distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar people (smiling more at some people)
Do not show fear of strangers (stranger anxiety)

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What happens in the discriminate stage and when is it

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7-10 months
Formed a specific attachment to one person (primary attachment figure)
Separation anxiety + proximity seeking to one particular person + fear of strangers

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What happens in the multiple attachment stage

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10-onwards
After first attachment they start to develop more attachment with others like grand parents + siblings

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What was the conclusion of Schaffer + Emerson’s study

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Quality (responsiveness play + social interaction) matters most in attachment formation

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What are weakness of Schaffer + Emerson’s study

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Lack of population validity
Social desirability

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What is a strength of Schaffer + Emerson’s study
High ecological validity
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What did grossman say
Quality of attachment to farther is not related to future development of attachment but fathers ( as secondary caregiver) distinct role in a child’s development involving play + stimulation
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What did field say
Farther who are primary caregivers + more responsive secondary caregiver suggesting farther can be more focused on emotional development
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What is imprinting
An innate readiness to develop a strong bond with mother Which takes place during a specific development probably the first few hours after brith/hatching Doesn’t happen at this time will not happen at all
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What is a learning theory
A group of explanations (C + O conditioning) it explains behaviour in terms of learning rather than any inborn tendencies or higher order thinking
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What is classical conditioning
Learn through association Neutral stimulus is consistently paired with unconditioned stimulus Eventually takes on the properties of this stimulus Is able to produced a conditioned response
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What is operant conditioning
Learning through reinforcement
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What is social learning theory
Learn through observing others + imitating behaviours that are rewarded
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What is a continuity hypothesis
Idea that emotionally secure infants go on to be emotionally secure Trusting + socially confident
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What is a critical period
A biological determinants period of time during which certain characteristics can develop Outside of this time window such development will not be possible
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What is an internal working model
A mental model of the world which enables individuals to predict + control their environment In the case of attachment the model relates to a persons expectations about relationships
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What is monotropy (monotropic)
The idea that one relationship that the infants has with their primary attachment figure is of special significance in emotional development
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What is are social releases
A social behaviour or characteristic that elicits caregiving + leads to attachment
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What was Lorenz procedure
12 gosling eggs in two groups 6 left with natural mother (control group) 6 placed in incubator ( experimental group) Incubator eggs hatched First moving object was Lorenz Marked them placed with mother
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What were the results of Lorenz study
Incubator group followed Lorenz everywhere The control group followed mother Imprinting Lorenz identified a critical period (first few hours) Imprinting must happen or it never will procedure is long lasting irreversible Effect on later mate preferences social imprinting ( mate with the same kind of object upon there imprinting)
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What was Harlow procedure
Infant monkeys record in isolation Two surrogate mothers One made of wire who had a feeding bottle + one made of cloth who didn’t Measured time spent with each mother 22/24 with comfort mother Assessed attachment by sending in a loud mechanical toy to see which mother the monkey went to
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What was Harlow procedure
Infant monkeys record in isolation Two surrogate mothers One made of wire who had a feeding bottle + one made of cloth who didn’t Measured time spent with each mother 22/24 with comfort mother Assessed attachment by sending in a loud mechanical toy to see which mother the monkey went to
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What were Harlow results
Found the monkey used the soft mother as their base + only wire mother to bear fed Went to soft mother when frightened infants do not develop attachment to the one who feeds them It also caused long lasting permanent effects on monkeys develop abnormally
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What are the explanation for behaviour
Learning theory and mono-tropic theory
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What is the learning theory based on
It assumes attachment is based on food provisions
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What explanations is used in the learning theory
Classical and operant conditioning
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What are the types of conditioning used in the learning theory
Classical conditioning learning by association( of neutral stimulus with unconditioned stimulus) Operant learning by reinforcement Positive reinforcement - behaviour results in addition of a stimulus Negative reinforcement - behaviour results in the removal of a stimulus
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How is classical conditioning used in the learning process
Infant learns to associate food with mother/primary caregiver Mother/caregiver acquires comforting properties by association
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How is operant conditioning used in infant attachment
Infant learns to cry Smiling brings positive response from mother/primary caregiver (P reinforcement) Is primary reinforcement + mother/primary reinforcer + mother/primary caregiver is secondary reinforcer
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What evidence supports the learning theory
Schaffer + Emerson Harlows monkeys
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How do Schaffer + Emerson’s study support or deny the learning theory
Found babies didn’t have strong attachment with mother Many were most attached to those who interacted with them the most Were interacted with them the most Were most responsive to them
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How does Harlows monkey support or deny the learning theory
Monkeys attached to cloth mother rather then feeding mother More time with them + went to when feared) Suggests comfort more important then food attachment
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What is another explanation for attachment
Bowlby monotropic theory
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What was in bowblys mono tropic theory
A species is a population of organisms that interbreed + had fertile offspring Living organisms have descended with modifications from species that lived before them
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What is Monotropy in attachment
Bowlby believed that all children form a number (hierarchy) of attachments but one of these is of significant importance Bowlby believed that the primary attachment was to the person who responds most sensitively to the social releaser but it should be mother
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What is adaptive and innate in attachment
Bowbly believes children have an inbuilt drive to become attached It has long term benefits (similar to imprinting) This drive ensures That infants stay close to the caregiver for food + protection Behaviours increase chances of survival + reproduction
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What is a critical period in attachment
Attachment is innate there is likely to be a crucial period of time for attachment to form Bowlby believed this between 3-6 months
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What is a socail realisers in attachment
Characteristics that elicit care giving Smiling or crying
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What is an internal working in attachment
A group of concepts a child learns in regards to what expect from a relationship A developed in early childhood + is created by attacgemnt the child has This could be a relationship of trust or one of uncertainty
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What is continuity in attachment
This is the idea that there is a link between early attachments Later emotional behaviour Those who have a secure attachment as a child will continue to be socially + emotionally competent
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What was the procedure for hazan + shaver experiment
Printed a love quiz in local newspaper Rocky Mountain news + readers were asked to send in their responses Hazan + shaver analysed the first 620 replies sent from 14 to 82 Classified the respondents according to Mary ainsworth Infant attachment types of secure anxious resistant anxious-avoidant Looking for corresponding adult love styles
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What were the 2 measurements of attachment
Simple adjective checklist of childhood relationships with parents Parents relationship with each other Love experience questionnaire assessed individuals beliefs about romantic love Wether It last forever wether it could be found easily Trust there was in a romantic relationship
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What were results in Hazan + shaver study
Found a strikingly high correlation between infant attachment types The adult romantic love styles
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What was the conclusion of Hazan + shaver
They concluded that there was evidence to support the concept of internal working model having life-long effect
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What was a strength of the love quiz
High ecological validity
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What was a weakness of the love quiz
Social desirability
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What evidence was there to support the evolutionary theory
Schaffer + Emerson Tronick et al Lorenz
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How did Schaffer and Emerson study show supporting evidence for the evolutionary theory
Some infants made multiple attachments at the same time Rejects Monotropy
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How did Tronick et al show supporting evidence for the evolutionary theory
Studied an infant in a tribe in Zairea who was looked after and brestfead by other women but showed attachment to biological mother supports Monotropy
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How did Lorenz research support they evolutionary theory
Found goslings imprint on first moving object they saw supports view attachment
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What is secure attachment
A strong and connected attachment of an infant to his or her caregiver which develops as a result of sensitive responding by the caregiver to the infants needs Securely attached infants are comfortable with social interaction and intimacy Securely attachment is related to healthy subsequent cognitive and emotional development
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What is insecure-avoidant
A type of attachment which describes infants who tend to avoid social interaction and intimacy with others
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What is insecure resistant
A type of attachment which describes those infants who both seek and reject intimacy and social interaction
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What is insecure disorganised attachment
An attachment type characterised by a lack of consistent patterns of social behaviour
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What is meta analysis
A procedure in which researchers draw together and analyse the results of many different studies that have used a similar procedure
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What is separation anxiety
The unease the infant shows when the caregiver leaves
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What is stranger anxiety
Infants response in the presence of a stranger
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What is a collectivist culture
Those where there is a high degree of interdependence between people
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Individualist culture
Those where personal independence and achievement are valued
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What did the strange situation asses
The nature of attachment between infant and mother
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What was the aim of the strange situation
To see how infants between age 9 to 18 months behave under mild stress
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What did Ainsworth do
Combined data from several studies to make a total of 106 middle class infants
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What was the strange situations procedure
Controlled observation Research room was 9x9 foot marked off into 16 squares(help record infants movement) The procedure consists of seven episodes Data is recorded every 15 seconds by a group of observers through a two way mirror using behavioural categories The observer scores behaviour for intensity on a scale 1 to 7
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What are the five basis of behaviour is the strange situation
Proximity seeking Exploration and secure base Stranger anxiety Separation anxiety Reunion behaviour
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What is proximity seeking in the five basis of behaviour
How close to the caregiver the child stays
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What is exploration and secure basis of the five behaviours
How infant explores and uses the parent as a base to explore from
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What is stranger anxiety in the basis of five behaviours
The infant response to a stranger
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What is separation anxiety in the basis of five behaviours
The infants response to separation from the caregiver
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What is reunion behaviour in the basis of five behaviours
How the infant reacts upon reunion with caregiver
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What did the strange situation procedure involve
Seven episodes of 3 minutes
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What are the seven episodes of the strange situation
Child and caregiver enter room The baby is encouraged to explore A stranger comes in talks to caregiver and approaches the baby The caregiver leaves the baby and stranger together The caregiver returns and the stranger leaves The caregiver leaves baby alone Stranger returns The caregiver returns and is returned with the baby
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What is asses when the baby is encouraged to explore
Tests exploration an secure base
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What is assed when a stranger comes in and talks to the caregiver and approaches the baby
Tests stranger anxiety
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What is assessed when the caregiver leaves the baby and the stranger together
Tests stranger and separation anxiety
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What is assesed when the caregiver returns and the stranger leaves
Reunion behaviour and exploration
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What is assessed when the caregiver leaves the baby alone
Separation anxiety
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What is assessed when the stranger returns
Stranger anxiety
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What is assessed when the caregiver returns and is reunited with the baby
Tests reunion behaviour
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What stages asses exploration and secure base
When the baby is encouraged to explore When the caregiver returns and stranger leaves
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What stages asses stranger anxiety
A stranger comes in talks to the caregiver and approaches the baby The caregiver leaves the baby and stranger together The stranger returns
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What stages asses separation anxiety
The caregiver leaves the baby and stranger together The caregiver leaves baby alone
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What stages asses the reunion behaviour
The caregiver returns and stranger leaves The caregiver returns and is reunited with the baby
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How many types of attachment did Ainsworth find
Three different types of attachment
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What are the 3 types of attachment
Secure (Type B) Insecure avoidant (Type A) Insecure resistant/ambivalent (Type C)
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What percent of people have secure(Type B) attachment
60-75%
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What is secure attachment know as
Type B
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What type of proximity seeking does a secure (Type B) attachment have
Moderate proximity seeking behaviour
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What type of exploration/secure base do secure(Type B) attachment have
Moderate willingness to explore but use mother as a secure base
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What type of stranger anxiety does a secure (Type B) attachment have
Moderate stranger anxiety
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What type of separation anxiety does a secure(type B) attachment have
Moderate separation anxiety
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What reunion behaviour does a secure(Type B) attachment have
Easily comforted on reunion
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What percentage of people have a insecure avoidant(Type A)
20-25%
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What is insecure avoidant attachment also know as
Type A
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What type of proximity seeking does a Insecure avoidant(Type A) attachment have
Low proximity seeking behaviour
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What type exploration/secure base does a Insecure avoidant(Type A) attachment have
High willingness to explore but don’t use mother as secure base
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What type of stranger anxiety does a Insecure avoidant (type A) attachment have
Low stranger anxiety
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What type of separation anxiety does a Insecure avoidant(Type A) attachment have
Low separation anxiety
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What type of reunion does a Insecure avoidant(Type A) attachment have
Avoid contract on reunion
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What type of attachment does Insecure resistant/ambivalent
Type C
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What percentage of people have a Insecure resistant/ambivalent type C attachment
3%
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What type of proximity seeking does a Insecure resistant/Ambivalent(Type C) attachment have
High proximity seeking
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What type of exploration/secure base does a Insecure resistant/ambivalent (Type C) attachment have
Low willingness to explore
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What type of stranger anxiety does a Insecure ambivalent/resistant(Type C) attachment have
High stranger anxiety
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What type of separation anxiety does a Insecure ambivalent/resistant (Type C) attachment have
High separation anxiety
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What type of reunion behaviour does a Insecure resistant/ambivalent(Type C) attachment have
Both seek and reject caregiver on reunion and so don’t/cant be calmed down
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What are the strengths of the strange situation
Internal validity External validity Reliability Ethical issues
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What are weakness of the strange situation
Internal validity External validity Ethical issues
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Why is internal validity a strength of the strange situation
Some control of variables
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Why is internal validity a weakness of the strange situation
Low only measures attachment to one person (Not necessarily attachment type of child)
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Why is external validity a strength of the strange situation
Replicable real life No demand characteristics
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Why is external validity a weakness of the strange situation
Low artificial setting/situation
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Why is reliability a strength of the strange situation
Can be repeated Inter + intra reliability 0.94 agreement between observers
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Why are no ethical issues a strength of the strange situation
Stress on child (no greater than everyday life)
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Why are ethical issues a weakness of the strange situation
Stress on child
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What is a type D attachment
A mix of resistant and avoidant behaviours
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What were the aims of ijzendoorn and kroonemnbergs cross-cultural differences in attachments
Investigate any pattern in attachment type across 8 countries/cultures Find weather there are intra -ccs;rural variations as well as inter cultural differences Evaluate similarities and difference in the profile of attachment types
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What was ijzendoorn and kroonenberg procedure
Carried out a meta analysis to find out about attachment types in different cultures Analysed 32 different studies carried out in 8 countries using the strange situation They looked at differences between and within cultures
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What were the findings of ijzendoorn and kroonenberg study
Secure attachment (type B) were most common in all cultures Avoidant attachment (type A) were more comman in individualist e.g Germany Resistant attachment (type C) were more common in collectivist cultures There was a one and a half time greater variation within cultures then between cultures
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What did Grossman and Grossman do/find
German infants tended to be classified as insecurely attached may be due to child rearing practices As German culture involves keeping some interpersonal distance between parent and child
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What did Takahashi find
Japanese infants showed no evidence of insecure avoidant attachment High rates of insecure resistant (32%) May be due to the fact Japanese infants rarely experience separation from mothers
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What is a indigenous psychologist
A indigenous psychologist are those from the same cultural background as the participants
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What is deprivation
To lose something
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What is deprivation in context of child development
Deprivation refers to the loss of emotional care that is normally provided by a primary caregiver
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What is an affectionless psychopaths
A condition characterised by an inability to care for other people together With an inability to experience guilt
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What is privation
Where a child fails to develop an attachment bond with one caregiver
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What is institutionalisation
The effect of institutional care such as orphanage The possible effects include social, mental and physical underdevelopment
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What are some effects of institutionalisation
Possible effects are social mental and physical underdevelopment
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What is an internal working model
A mental model of the world which enables individuals to predict and control their environment
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What made up bowlbys theory of maternal deprivation.
Value of maternal care Critical period Long term consequences
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What is value of maternal care in bowlbys theory of maternal deprivation
Bowlby believed that infants and children need a warm intimate and continuous relationship with the mother( or permanent mother substitute) to ensure continuing normal mental health
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What is a critical period in bowlbys theory of maternal deprivation
Bowlby believed a child that is denied such care because of frequent and/or prolonged separation during critical period Before the age of 2 and a half years Experience psychological damage
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What time period was the critical period in bowlbys maternal deprivation
2 and half years
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What were long term consequences in bowlbys theory of maternal deprivation
Emotional maladjustment - affectionless psychopath or depression Intellectual underdevelopment - abnormally low IQ
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What did being emotional maladjustment cause to happen in bowlbys maternal deprivation theory
Depressed or an affectionless psychopath
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What did being intellectual underdeveloped cause in bowlbys maternal deprivation theory
Abnormally low IQ
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What did bowlby do in the 44 juvenile thieves
Bowlby analysed the case histories of a number of his patients in the child guidance clinic in London Where he worked All the children were emotionally maladjusted
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What was bowlbys procedure
Interviews to study 88 of there children Half had been caught stealing( the 44 thieves) The other half were the control group (non-thieves) Bowlby suggests some(14) of these thieves were affectionless psychopaths
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What were bowlbys findings
86% (12 of 14) of these “thieves” diagnosed as affectionless psychopaths had experienced early separations In contrast only 17% (5 of 30) of the remaining thieves without affectionless psychopaths had been maternally deprived Furthermore only 5% 9( 2 of 44) of the control group (non-thieves) experienced separations
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What was bowlbys conclusion
Supports claims that depravation may have long term harmful consequences May lead to affectionless psychopaths
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What were strengths of bowlbys study
High ecological validity Qualitative data ( detailed meaningful)
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What were weakness of bowlbys theory
Correlation so cannot establish cause and effect may be other factors Investigator effect Lacks temporal validity Lacks population validity Retrospective data
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What is an institution
A place where children live ( as opposed to day care , where they go home every night)
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What is institutionalisation
The effects of institutional care Social, mental and physical underdevelopment
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What are the effects of institutionalisation
Physical underdevelopment Intellectual under-functioning Disinhibited attachment Poor parenting
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What is physical underdevelopment (effects of institutionalisation)
Children in institutions are usually physically small Research suggests that the lack of emotional care is the cause of ‘deprivation dwarfism’ (e.g Gardner) Rutter study
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What did Gardner find
Lack of emotional care is the cause Deprivation dwarfism
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What is intellectual under functioning
Cognitive development is affected by emotional deprivation(lower IQ) Rutter study
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What is Disinhibited attachment
A form of insecure attachment where children do not discriminate between people they choose as an attachment figure Such children treat near strangers with inappropriate familiarity and may be attention seeking
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What is poor parenting (institutionalisation)
Quinton compared women reared in institutions compared to a control group reared at home Ex-institutional women had extreme difficulties acting as parents More of the ex-institutional women had children spend time in day care
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What did Quinton do
Compared women reared in institutions with a control four- reared at home Ex-institutional women had extreme difficulties acting parents More of the ex-institutional women had children spend time in care
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What was Rutters procedure
Studied a group of 165 Romanian orphans adopted in Britain early 1990 Compared with a control group of 52 Britain adoptees adopted around the same time Assessed physical and cognitive development at age 4,6,11 and 15 (longitudinal study) Used a range of research methods including interviews with parents and teachers
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What were rutters findings
At time of adoption the Romanian orphans were smaller, weighed less and were classed as maternally underdeveloped (retarded) Children adopted after 6 moths had lower IQ then those before 6 months and showed Disinhibited attachment an had problems with peers
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What was rutters conclusion
Negative effects of institutionalisation can be overcome by sensitive,nurturing care Earlier they are adopted the lesser the effects
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What were strengths if rutters study
Longitudinal/good range of research methods detailed information overtime High ecological validity
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What is a weakness of rutters study
Hard to generalise - appealing conditions Long terms effects are unclear
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Who were other researchers for effects of institutions
Zeanah et al Le mare + audet
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What did Zeanah do
Imparted 136 Romanian orphans with Romanian children who had never been in an institution Children were assessed using strange situation Only 19% had secure attachment (79% of control group)
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What were Zeanah findings
Institutionalised children showed signs of Disinhibited attachment
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What did le mare and audit do
Longitudinal study of 36 Romanian orphans adopted to families in Canada Adopted orphans smaller at adoption but recovered by age 10
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What do le mare and audet findings tell us
Suggests you can recover from the effects of institutionalisation
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What is the role on an internal working model
A child forms a mental representation of their first relationship with their primary attachment figure This IWM acts as a template for all future relationship
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What behaviours are influenced by the internal working model
Childhood friendships Poor parenting Romantic relationships Poor health
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How does the IWM effect childhood friendships
IWM suggests those with secure attachment have higher expectations that others are friendly trusting etc and therefore find relationships easier
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What did Wilson and smith find about childhood friendship
Type A most likely to be victims of bullying Type C are most likely to be bullies
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How does IWM effect childhood friendships
Lack of IWM means individuals lack a reference point so attachment type gets passed on
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What reserach supports poor parenting being caused by the internal working model
Hallows monkeys and Quinton et al showed link between poor attachment and difficulties with parenting
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How does IWM effect romantic relationships
Securely attached individuals have a more positive IWM
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What research supports the relationship between IWM and attachment
Hazan and shaver showed a link between early attachment and later relationships
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How does the IWM effect poor health
Caused by a lack of attachment during critical period that results in lack of IWM Attachment disorder
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What was Hazan and shavers procedure
Rocky Mountain news 620 replies Aged 14 to 82 Correlation between infant attachment type and adult romantic styles support internal working model
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What were Hazan and shavers findings
Correlation between infant attachment type and adult romantic love styles support internal working model
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What are the strengths of Hazan and shavers study
High ecological validity High internal reliability Established relationships
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What is a weakness of Hazan and shavers study
No cause and effect Low population validity Chance of demand characteristics (social desirability)