Bowlby Theory of Monotropy

Question 1

Bowlby believed attatchment was….

Answer 1

An innate system that give human survival advantages.

Question 2

The IWM…

Answer 2

is a mental representation of relationship with caregiver

Question 3

Monotropy

Answer 3

Bond with one caregiver is more important than others

Question 4

Primary attachment figure

Answer 4

Perosn with closest bond to child

Question 5

Socials releasers

Answer 5

Born with innate ‘cute’ behaviours such as smiling to activate adult attachments

Question 6

Law of continuity

Answer 6

More constant childs care better the attatchment

Question 7

Law of accumulated seperation

Answer 7

Effects of seperation add up. Safest does is ‘0’

Question 8

Sensitive period

Answer 8

2 years long- child needs attatchment here or struggle in later life

Question 9

Critical period

Answer 9

At 2 years and IWM creates a representation of relationship based on the attatchment
Attatchment = good
No attatchment = bad

Question 10

Evaluation point 1 +

Answer 10

P- support for IWM
E-Bailey at al (2007) assessed 90 1year old babies through interview observation
E- mothers had poor attatchment with child if they had poor attatchment with own mother
L- gives it validity

Question 11

Evaluation 2 -

Answer 11

P- Feminists (Erica Burman 1994)
Says montoropy places burden on mothers
E- maternal deprivation assumes seperation is between a mother and child
E- ppl dont want children as responsibility
L- economic and societal effects

Question 12

Evaluation point 3 -

Answer 12

P- only considers developing attachments
E- kagan 1982- genetically influenced personality
E- some brown more anxious then others
L- over emphasises early experiences