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1
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who investigated types of attachment? what was the study called?

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Mary Ainsworth

the strange situation

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how many ppts did the strange situation have? how old were they?

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160 between 9 and 18 months old

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outline the steps of the strange situation

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  1. mother stranger infant explores
  2. conversation between mum and stranger
  3. infant stranger
  4. mother infant
  5. infant
  6. infant stranger
  7. mother infant
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what were the 3 types of attachment found in the strange situation? and percentages

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secure attachment 70%
insecure avoidant 15%
insecure resistant 15%

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what were the features of securely attached children?

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show distress when separated
moderate stranger anxiety
comforted when reunited

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what were the features of insecure avoidant children?

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not distressed at separation
no stranger anxiety
can be comforted by a stranger

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what were the features of insecure resistant child?

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show distress when separated
stranger anxiety
reject contact when reunited.

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evaluation of the strange situation

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positive:
controlled variables
become accepted method to measure attachment
replicable and same findings
child friendly room
9-18 months old have developed sociability
negative: 
low ecological validity
demand characteristics from mothers 
might not be main attachment figure
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who carried the meta analysis of cross cultural studies on the strange situation ? how many studies?

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van ljzebdoorn 32 studies

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results of van ljzebdoorn ank Kroonenberg study

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most child securely attached
insecure: western countries mostly avoidant (tiger in Germany)
non-western mostly resistant (Japan)
most differences within

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evaluationvan ljzebdoorn study

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researcher bias

cultural bias brought up in different ways. Germany values independence

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12
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how could secure attachment influence later relationship

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confident

trustworthy relationships

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how could insecure avoidant attachment influence later in life

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no trustworthy relationships

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how could insecure resistant attachment influence later life?

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insecure

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15
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define attachment

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emotional reciprocal mutual bond between caregiver and infant

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interactions between caregiver and infant

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  • sensitive responsiveness - respond correctly to signals and needs
  • imitation
  • interactional synchrony
  • motherase
17
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who studied stages of attachment

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Schaffer and emerson

18
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stages found by staffer and emerson

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1 asocial phase 0 to 6 w - distinguish object and humans
2 indiscriminate attachment 6w 7m - enjoy protest in stop interacting
3 discriminate attachment 7m 9m - special distressed
4 multiple attachments

19
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study to support staffer and emerson

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glasgow longitudinal study 60 infants between 0 - 18 month old observed every 4 weeks, stages found to occur, only 50% primary attachment was mother

20
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how did animal studies

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Lorenz and halow

21
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Lorenz key

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imprinting (attach to first moving object)

critical period 16 h

22
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Harlow key

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  • comfortable and food mum
  • 3/6/12 months isolates
  • social emotional disturbance
  • violet with offspring
23
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2 explanations of attachment

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learning theory

bowlby

24
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outline learning theory

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dollar and miller
classical conditioning associate mum with pleasure given by food
operant conditioning negative reinforcement, mum stops hunger

25
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bowl by theory outline

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biological - survival - natural selection

  • monotropy ,one special bond, survival
  • critical person 3yo
  • continuity hypothesis - internal working model, template for future relationships
  • maternal deprivation theory
26
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additional studies

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bulldog bank

koluchova twins

27
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2 terms to describe disruption of attachment

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separation - short time

deprivation - long time

28
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bowlby maternal deprivation hypothesis

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during critical period emotional intellectual and social development damaged

29
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bowlby study of delinquents

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adolescents most had experienced privation

bowl defines them as affection less psychopaths

30
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study of privation

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robertson and Robertson little John 9 days in a day care

31
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evaluation boblby maternal deprivation theory

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divorce individual differences koluchova bulldog bank

32
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who divided the term deprivation how

A

rutter
privation - never formed
deprivation - broken

33
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study privation

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genie case study

never filly developed intellectually and socially

34
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rutter study

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romanian orphanages 
longitudinal
111
1990 communism regime fall no stimulation bc overcrowded 
romanian orphans compared to uk
before 6 months = secure attachment
after = insecure attachment problems
35
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bowlby, what privation can lead to

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  • anaclitic depression
  • deprivation dwarfism
  • reduced intelligence
  • delinquency
  • affection less psychopath

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