Attachment: Explanations Of Attachment - Bowlby’s Monotropic Theory Flashcards

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ADAPTIVE: Bowlby suggests that attachment is ________[1] , it is ______ [2] in order to improve________ [3], therefore it is adaptive. Bowlby suggested infants are born ‘_________ [4]’ to attach and _______ [5] are also ‘programmed’ to attach.

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[1] Innate
[2] inherited
[3] survival
[4] programmed
[5] parents

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Bowlby proposed an example of how infants are adaptive is that they are born with what ?

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Social releasers

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What are some example of social releasers?

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crying, button nose, big eyes, features that make them look ‘cute’

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Why are social releasers important in attachment?

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Social releasers trigger a nurturing instinct/response in a caregiver and ensures interaction takes place to form an attachment.

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What is a ‘critical period’?

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A specific time period for attachment in an infant to take place, usually within the first 2.5 years of life.

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What if an attachment does not take place within the first 2.5 years of an infants life?

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Attachment may not take place at all.

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Why did Bowlby describe his theory as ‘Monotropic’?

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Because he placed great emphasis on a child’s attachment to one caregiver.

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Who did Bowlby believe is the most important attachment figure in the infants development?

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The mother but it doesn’t have to be the biological mother

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What is an internal working model?

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The internal working model is a ‘mental representation’ (schema) that the infant forms of their relationship with their primary caregiver.

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What does an internal working model serve as?

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serves as a model/template for what relationships are like.

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What do infants use with their attachment relationship with their caregiver?

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Infant builds an expectation of what future relationships will be like.

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TRUE OR FALSE: Bowlby believes that Internal Working Models are not passed on from one generation to the next.

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FALSE.
ANSWER: Bowlby believes that Internal Working Models are passed on from one generation to the next - people base their parenting on their own experiences of being parented.

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Complete the diagram by filling in box A and B

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A: Child feels secure
B: Positive internal working model

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Complete the diagram on internal by filling in box A and B.

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A: Poor relationship with unresponsive primary caregiver
Insecure attachment
B: Child feels unworthy

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What famous researcher can we use to support Bowlby’s monotropic theory?

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Lorenz study on imprinting

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What did Lorenz find that helps to support the monotropic theory?

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Lorenz found a critical period of 12-17 hours in which imprinting has to take place otherwise it would not later.

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RTS Monotropic theory: What did Hazen and Shaver’s ‘love quiz’ suggest about children who are securely attached?

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They tend to have happy and long lasting relationships in later life.

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What kind of system did Bowlby say attachment was?

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An innate system

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According to Bowlby why is attachment inherited?

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To improve survival rate

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What are crying, button nose, big eyes and features that make them look ‘cute’ examples of ?

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Social releasers

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What did Bowlby call attachment whereby great emphasis is placed on an infants attachment to one caregiver.

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Monotropic

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What did Bowlby say is a ‘mental representation’ that the child forms of their relationship with their primary caregiver.

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Your Internal working model

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If an infant was in a happy, loving, trusting relationship with their caregiver, how do they feel?

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What kind of internal working model would a person with a secure attachment have?

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Positive internal working model.

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What kind of internal working model would a person with an insecure attachment have?
Negative internal working model
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RTS: Hazan and Shaver created the ' ____ quiz'
Love
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How does Hazan and Shaver's love quiz support the internal working model?
First relationships with caregivers act as a template for future relationships
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Shaffer and Emerson conducted a study that contradicts the monotropic theory. What did they conclude?
Children can have multiple attachments not just one like the monotropic theory suggests.
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What researchers found that children can have multiple attachments not just one like the monotropic theory suggests.
Shaffer and Emerson
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The monotropic theory suggests that the more time a infant spends with one main caregiver the better, name the 2 principles Bowlby put forward:
The law of continuity and the law of accumulated separation
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What is meant by the law of continuity
The quality of an infants attachment will be better if they receive consistent and predictable care
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What is meant by the law of accumulated separation
Having a substantial amount of time apart from the one main caregiver risks a poor quality attachment
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RTS : what did Hazan and Shaver do?
Created the love quiz questionnaire which asked ppts (adults) questions which determined their attachment type (secure/insecure) aswell as their current relationships