Bowlbys Monotropic Theory Of Attatchment

Question 1

Attachment is adaptive

Answer 1

Evolutionary explanation of attachment as he believed that attachment is an innate and adaptive process for both infant and parent

Question 2

Social releases

Answer 2

How the baby becomes attached is through particular features that trigger caregiving behaviours from their caregivers: smiling and crying. Help form a reciprocal bond between caregiver and infant. Infants become most strongly attached to the person who responds most sensitively to the infants social releases

Question 3

Critical period

Answer 3

The first two and a half years of life is classed as the critical period. If an attachment isn’t formed before this time the child will find it harder to form one later

Question 4

Monotropy

Answer 4

Human infants have an innate tendency to become attached to one particular person, this is more important than other attachments

Question 5

Internal working model

Answer 5

Child’s first relationship with their primary caregiver forms a mental representation of this relationship. This will act as a template for future relationships