bowl by Flashcards
how is attachment adaptive?
-beneficial to survival
-parents provide things a child can’t get: food, shelter, protection
-we evolved attachment behaviours which make parents look after us
what are social releasers?
-babies cry, coo etc to make parents stay proximate and care for kids
what is the critical period?
-up to 2.5 years in humans
-where attachment needs to occur for a healthy normal human to emerge
-Bowlby suggests separation causes emotional and intellectual issues such as affection less psychopathy
how has critical period developed overtime?
now known as sensitive period that doesn’t end at exactly 2.5 years
What is Monotropy ?
-an intense bond formed with 1 person (typically the mother) who child looks to for care and attention over others
Describe the internal working model
-early relationships with caregiver become schema leading to expectations for future relationships
-continuity hypothesis states feature relationships match early ones
What is a secure base and why is it formed?
-use parents as a base from which to explore and interact with world
-formed when caregivers are sensitive and responsive to needs
what happens when attachment is Brocken in critical period?
leads to long term effects like delinquency
when does separation anxiety occur?
when child is separated from parent , acting as a survival mechanism so child isn’t left alone for long
why does Lorenzo support bowlby?
-Research on geese supports bowlbys mono tropic theory as the attachment process of imprinting was demonstrated to be innate with a critical period- credible
-geese attached to single person/animal
Why does Harlow support bowlby?
-showed deprivation(wire mum) effects monkeys exploration, socialisation, confidence- credible as critical period has LTE
What is an issue with both Harlow and Lorenz?
-used animals can’t extrapolate results to generalise to humans
How does Bowlby(1944) 44 juvenile thieves support?
-44 thieves vs 44 control
-Showed 17/44 thieves had experienced LT separation (6+ months)
- 14/44 thieves classified as affection less psychopaths compared to 0 control
-adds credibility to critical period where bowlby suggests there will be LTE
Usefulness of ASCMI
-useful for daycares/hospitals eg getting key workers who are trained to be sensitive to Social releasers and increasing contact time for with parents during hospital days
How does Hazan and shaver support ASMI?
-supports internal working model as they found adult relationships do match childhood when measured via self report- credibility
