Bowlbys explanations of attatchment/ Maternal Deprivation Flashcards
what was bowlbys theory of attachment
adaptive
social releasers
critical period
monotropy
internal working model
what is monotropy
infants special attatchment between mother, can be formed if mother is absent with caregiver
critical period support
lorenz 1952
internal working model support
hazan and shaver 1987
love quiz
critical period refute
rutter et al 1998
orphans could form attactchment when adopted
What are social releases
Inate behaviour to get attention and care eg cooing
What is the critical period
Time you can form an attachment in
6 months to 2 years
What is the internal working model
Your relationship with primary atttachment figure influences your future relationships
What is a weakness of monotropy
Schaffer and Emerson found that babies that formed multiple attachments had no diffferces in quality
Why did bowlby research maternal deprivation
To find out the emotional and intellectual consequences of separation in childhood
When is maternal deprivation only a problem
If deprived from emotional care or deprived during the critical period
What did emotional deprivement lead to
Afectionless psychopaths
What did intellectual deorivememt lead to
Low iq
What was the procedure and results of bowlbys maternal development research
44 thieves interview vs 44 controls
14 affectionless psychopaths and 12 of those suffered prolonged seperation
What are all three limitations of maternal deprivation
Interviewe bias and confounding variables from trauma- flawed evidence
Privation not deprivation
Suggested they didn’t form attachtchment to begin with
Not a critical period but more sensitive as study of Czech twins recovered after being abused until 7 years old
