Bowlby Theory of Monotropy Flashcards
Bowlby believed attatchment was….
An innate system that give human survival advantages.
The IWM…
is a mental representation of relationship with caregiver
Monotropy
Bond with one caregiver is more important than others
Primary attachment figure
Perosn with closest bond to child
Socials releasers
Born with innate ‘cute’ behaviours such as smiling to activate adult attachments
Law of continuity
More constant childs care better the attatchment
Law of accumulated seperation
Effects of seperation add up. Safest does is ‘0’
Sensitive period
2 years long- child needs attatchment here or struggle in later life
Critical period
At 2 years and IWM creates a representation of relationship based on the attatchment
Attatchment = good
No attatchment = bad
Evaluation point 1 +
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
Evaluation 2 -
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
Evaluation point 3 -
P- only considers developing attachments
E- kagan 1982- genetically influenced personality
E- some brown more anxious then others
L- over emphasises early experiences
