Bowlby's Explanation of Attachment

Question 1

Proximity Seeking Behaviour

Answer 1

Suggests attachment is a vital quality that has evolved to increase the chance of survival

Question 2

Bowlbys theory of attachment

Answer 2

Attachment is a mutually innate in both infants and adults, with infants using social releasers to promote interaction (E.g: smiling/eye contact)
^ need to be innate to ensure infants can maintain close contact with parents
. Parents need to be responsive

Question 3

Internal Working Model

Answer 3

Provides templates for future attachments
^ Plays role in later development known as the continuity hypothesis

Question 4

Monotropic Bond

Answer 4

Infants require special bond to develop an internal working model
^ helps to maintain proximity between the parent and infant, offers infant to develop skills and an understanding of how to attach the bond to others

Question 5

Evaluation

Answer 5

Research support = Animal studies
- Ghana tribe - infants form 1 primary attachment even when reared by multiple carers

Some psychologists argue a stable network of adults can provide adequate/better care than a mother who has to meet all a childs needs