Bowlbys Theory

Question 1

What did bowlby believe?

Answer 1

That attachment was innate and a survival advantage.

Question 2

What is monotropy?

Answer 2

Child has the need to attach to one main caregiver.
A special type of attachment

Question 3

What’s law of continuity?

Answer 3

There is a link between early attachment and later relationships.

Question 4

What is the law of accumulated separation?

Answer 4

Every separation between the baby has with the caregiver can add up and therefor the safest dose is 0.

Question 5

What are social releasers?

Answer 5

Innate behaviours like crying and laughing that gain adult attention.

Question 6

What is the critical period?

Answer 6

-From 6 months to 2.5 years.
-infants attachment system is active

Question 7

What’s the internal working model (IWM)

Answer 7

-first attachment is a model for later relationships.

Question 8

Criimps meaning

Answer 8

-critical period
-reciprocated
-innate
-internal working model
-monotropy
-proximity
-social releasers

Question 9

Is monotropy valid? (-)

Answer 9

• a significant minority formed multiple attachments at the same time after the first one
  -stage 4

Question 10

Support for social releasers (+)

Answer 10

Observations took place where babies triggered interactions with adults using social releasers.

Question 11

IWM support (+)

Answer 11

-99 mothers and babies relationship assessed.
-mothers and their own PAF (primary attachment figure) attachment measured and compared to mothers and their babies attachment.
-better attachment mother has with PAF, better attachment with baby.

Question 12

Doesn’t just depend on IWM (-)

Answer 12

-there are other factors effect attachment between infants and caregivers.
-anxiety
-sociability
-genetic

Question 13

Socially sensitive (-)

Answer 13

-law of continuity and accumulated separated suggest mothers who work may negatively affect their child’s emotional development.