Attachment

Question 1

What are the four dimensions of sensitivity?

Answer 1

Accessibility vs. ignoring
Sensitivity vs. insensitivity
Acceptance vs. rejection
Co-operation vs. interference

Question 2

What are the three attachment-based behaviours?

Answer 2

Proximity seeking
Secure base effect
Separation protest

Question 3

What is an internal working model?

Answer 3

Templates of what has been experienced
Stored in the brain
Memories guide future expectations of self and of others

Question 4

What part of the brain develops between birth and 8 months?

Answer 4

Brain stem

Question 5

For what is the brain stem used and when does it develop?

Answer 5

State regulation

0-8months

Question 6

What part of the brain develops between birth and a year?

Answer 6

Cerebellum

Question 7

What part of the brain develops between 6 months and 2 years?

Answer 7

Limbic system

Question 8

What part of the brain develops between1 and 4 years?

Answer 8

Cortex

Question 9

For what is the cerebellum used and when does it develop?

Answer 9

sleep
appetite
arousal
motor regulation

0-12 months

Question 10

For what is the limbic system used and when does it develop?

Answer 10

emotional reactivity, sexual behaviour, attachments

6-24 months

Question 11

For what is the cortex used and when does it develop?

Answer 11

Affiliation/reward
Concrete thought
Abstract thought
Cognitive functioning

12-48 months

Question 12

What can sometimes present like ADHD?

Answer 12

Ambivalent attachment

Question 13

What can sometimes present as ASD?

Answer 13

Avoidant attachment