Attachment Definitions

Question 1

Affectionless psychopathy

Answer 1

A term used by Bowlby to describe people who don’t show concern or affection for other people and show no or very little remorse or guilt

Question 2

Contact comfort

Answer 2

The physical and emotional comfort that an infant receives from being close to its mother

Question 3

Continuity Hypothesis

Answer 3

The idea that early relationships with caregivers predict later relationships in adulthood

Question 4

Imprinting

Answer 4

Where offspring follow the first large-moving object they see

Question 5

Indiscriminate attachment

Answer 5

Infants aged 2-7 months can discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar people but does not show stranger anxiety

Question 6

Monotropy

Answer 6

A unique and close attachment to one person - the primary attachment figure

Question 7

Multiple attachments

Answer 7

Formation of emotional bonds with more than one carer

Question 8

Proximity seeking

Answer 8

The way that infants try to maintain physical contact or be close to their attachment figure

Question 9

Separation anxiety

Answer 9

Degree of distress shown by the child when separated from the caregiver

Question 10

Specific attachment

Answer 10

Infants aged 7 months tend to show a strong attachment to one particular person and are wary of strangers

Question 11

Stranger anxiety

Answer 11

Degree of distress shown by an infant when with unfamiliar people

Question 12

Temperament

Answer 12

The characteristics and aspects of personality an infant is born with and that might impact on its attachment type