Attachment

Question 1

An attachment is recognisable when people display behaviours such as…

Answer 1

Proximity
Separation distress
Secure-base behaviour

Question 2

Define proximity

Answer 2

Staying physically close to those who they are attached to

Question 3

Define separation distress

Answer 3

Feeling negative, or distressed, when an attachment figure is not around

Question 4

Define secure-base behaviour

Answer 4

Even when we are independent, we still make regular contact with our attachment figures.
E.g. Infants display secure-based behaviour when they regularly return to their attachment figure while playing

Question 5

What is reciprocity?

Answer 5

A description of how two people interact. Mother-infant interaction is reciprocal in that both infant and mother respond to each other’s signals and each elicits a response from the other

Question 6

What is interactional synchrony?

Answer 6

Mother and infant reflect both the actions and emotions of the other and do this in a coordinated (synchronised) way

Question 7

What is an attachment?

Answer 7

A close two-way emotional bond between two individuals in which each individual sees the other as essential for their own emotional security.