Attachment Theory Flashcards
The theory that suggests children come into the world biologically pre-programmed to form attachments with others to help them survive
Bowlby’s evolutionary theory of attachment
A child has an innate need to attach to one main attachment figure
Monotrophy
How one views the world based on experiences with and during early attachments. It’s created instilled by one’s parents, the expectations of the world.
Internal working model
What is the behavioral trademark of attachment according to Bowlby?
Seeking to achieve and maintain proximity to the object of attachment including close physical contact, interaction, and communication
According to Answorth and colleagues, this is defined as an affectional tie, binding together space and over time, that one person or animal forms with another specific one
Attachment
True or false the strange situation was designed to observe whether infants can use the caregiver as a secure base under conditions of increasing stress
True
What is type B attachment style?
Secure
When mothers fairly consistently respond promptly to infant crying sensitively and appropriately responsive to infant signals of desire for contact
Secure attachment
True or false, the secure attached and show signs of missing the parent or separation often crying by the second separation
True
What is type a attachment style?
Avoidant
Defined as the failure of the infant to cry when separated from the parent and the infant, actively avoiding and disregarding the parent when reunited
Avoidant attachment style
What is type C attachment style?
Ambivalent or resistant
This is defined as the guardedness or upset, even prior to separation from the parent with little exploration being demonstrated. The infant is preoccupied with the parent, but may appear angry or submissive.
Ambivalent
True or false the infant is unsuccessful at selling into the activity and it’s not reassured by a parent one reunited with ambivalent attachment style
True
What is type D attachment style?
Disorganized
