Attachment - Introduction to Attachment Flashcards
What is monotropy?
A unique and close attachment to one person - the primary attachment figure.
What is institutionalisation?
The effects of growing up in an institution, such as a children’s home or orphanage.
What is insecure resistant attachment?
Attachment classification in Strange Situation, where a child shows high stranger and separation anxiety and resists comfort at reunion.
What is interactional synchrony?
Infant and caregiver reflect each other’s actions and emotions in a coordinated manner.
What is imprinting?
Where offspring follow the first large-moving object they see.
What is the maternal deprivation hypothesis?
Separation from the mother figure in early childhood has serious consequences.
What is the evolutionary explanation?
Explanation for behaviours such as attachment that views it as increasing survival chances (Bowlby).
What is indiscriminate attachment?
Infants aged 2-7 months can discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar people but do not show stranger anxiety.
What is the continuity hypothesis?
The idea that early relationships with caregivers predict later relationships in adulthood.
What is contact comfort?
The physical and emotional comfort that an infant receives from being close to its mother.
What is insecure avoidant attachment?
Attachment classification in strange situation where child shows low stranger and separation anxiety and little response to reunion.
What is the learning theory?
Explanations that emphasise the role of learning in acquiring behaviours such as attachment.
What is innate behaviour?
A behaviour that is instinctive and does not need to be learned.
What is affectionless psychopathy?
A term used by Bowlby to describe people who don’t show concern or affection for other people and show little to no remorse or guilt.
What is the asocial stage?
Stage 0-6 weeks where infant may respond to faces or voices but an attachment has not been formed.
