Bowlbys Montropic Theory

Question 1

Main assumptions

Answer 1

Bowlbys believe that attachment behaviour was innate

Question 2

What are social releases and Examples

Answer 2

Instinctive behaviour hat encourages attachments to form eg smiling crying

Question 3

Why is Bowlby’s theory called monotropic

Answer 3

Attachment monotropic meaning 1 attachment figure is more important than any other attachment you may form

Question 4

What is a critical period

Answer 4

Primary attachment would normally be with the biological mother that has to be formed within the first 2 1/2 years

Question 5

Short term purpose of attachment

Answer 5

Survival of the infant

Question 6

Long term purpose of attachment

Answer 6

• template for future relationships Throughout life

Question 7

What is the internal working model

Answer 7

• Infant forms a mental model of relationships between themselves an others

Question 8

What will a good quality attachment lead to

Answer 8

• Internal working model of the self as lovable an of others as loving, reliable and trustworthy
  -lead to positive future relationships

Question 9

Research support - lorenz

Answer 9

Lorenz
- gosling who imprinted on lorenz where trying to mate with other humans rather than other geese
-supports Bowlby’s theory assumptions that the long term purpose of attachment is to form an internal working model for all future relationships
- support assumption of short term purpose

Question 10

Research support - Hazan and shaver

Answer 10

Procedure:
- Published Love quiz in an American newspaper experinces
- collected info from people about early attachment and their current romantic attitudes
Found:
- individuals who whee securely attached as infants tended to have happy and lasting love relationships and to belie that love could last
- insecure types found relationships easy more likely to be divorced , true
love was rare

Supports internal working model

Question 11

Contradictory research

Answer 11

Rutter et al
- infants abandoned or orphaned and raised in institutions
- infants able to form attach to with their adopted parents even when they had reached 2 1/2 years of age

Lamb et al
- attachments to different people were not identical it wasn’t tat they were in a hierarchy of importance eg infants go to father to play but mothers for comfort