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DEVELOPMENTAL - Attachment Flashcards

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1
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Define attachment

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Close emotional a reciprocal bond between an infant and a caregiver.

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What 4 characteristics did Maccoby use to identify attachment?

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  1. Seeking proximity: desire to be close.
  2. Separation anxiety: distress resulting from being separated from attachment figure.
  3. Pleasure when reunited: relief and joy when reunited with attachment figure.
  4. General orientation of behaviour: the child is aware of where the attachment figure is and they feel reassurance by them being close.
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How does behaviorist theory explain attachment?

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Classical Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

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Explain classical conditioning in the context of attachment

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The baby’s desire for food is fulfilled when the mother is around to feed it. The mother and food become associated. An association is made between mother and food.

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Explain operant conditioning in the context of attachment

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(Dollar & Miller) Babies feel discomfort when hungry. The mother feeds them removing this discomfort (negative reinforcement)

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Which studies challenge the behaviorist approach?

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Harlow & Harlow - Monkeys became attached to the surrogate mother that gave them comfort rather than food.
Schaffer & Emerson - 40% of babies studies did not form an attachment to their main caregiver.

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What are the 7 main parts of Bowlby’s theory of attachment

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1) Internal working model
2) Monotropy
3) Sensitive period
4) Adaptive
5) Social releasers
6) Innate
7) Safe base

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Define ‘Internal working model’ in terms of Bowlby’s Theory of Attachment

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A template for all future relationships

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Define ‘Monotropy’ in terms of Bowlby’s Theory of Attachment

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A tenancy for infants to form a single strong bond of attachment.

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Define ‘Sensitive period’ in terms of Bowlby’s Theory of Attachment

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The first 3 years of life is the time when a child is most sensitive to form attachments.
An infant must bond with in the period of time.

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Define ‘Adaptive’ in terms of Bowlby’s Theory of Attachment

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A preparedness to form a bond with a caregiver, this takes place in the sensitive period.

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Define ‘Social releasers’ in terms of Bowlby’s Theory of Attachment

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Social signals the infant performs such as cooing in order to encourage the formation of an attachment with its caregiver.

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Define ‘Innate’ in terms of Bowlby’s Theory of Attachment

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Everyone is born with the trait to form attachments.

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Define ‘Safe base’ in terms of Bowlby’s Theory of Attachment

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A strong attachment provides us with a ‘safe base’ for exploration of our environment.

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Which study supports Bowlby’s concept that we are evolved to attach and that attachment is innate?

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Harlow & Harlow

The baby monkeys were raised in isolation but still formed at attachment to a surrogate mother.

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Which study goes against Bowlby’s idea of monotropy?

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Schaffer & Emerson

Babies formed multiple attachments.

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Which study supports Bowlby’s idea of early attachments acting as an ‘Internal working model’?

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Hazan & Shaver

Our relationship with out parents mirrors the relationships we have later in life.

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What are the 3 types of attachment?

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Secure
Insecure avoidant
Insecure resistant

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Ainsworth et al

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The strange situation

20
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What are the two theories explaining different types of attachment

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Maternal sensitivity hypothesis

Infant temperament hypothesis

21
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Explain the maternal sensitivity hypothesis

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Strength of attachment is based upon how the mother/primary caregiver responds to her baby.
Securely attached infants have the most responsive mothers.

22
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Explain the infant temperament hypothesis

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Strength of attachment is dependent of the way babies act from birth.
Different aspects of temperament include:
-Activity
-Emotionality
-Sociability

23
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What is Robertson’s PDD model

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When an attachment is disrupted the child will express

  • P rotest
  • D espair
  • D etachment
24
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Which study is in support of the PDD model?

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Robertson & Robertson

25
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2 evaluative points on Robertson’s PDD model

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1) It has important implications for childcare concerning regular parental visits.
2) Many factors influence how a child reacts to a separation e.g. quality of care, individual temperament, how many separations they have experienced.

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Describe Bolwby’s Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis.

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Deprivation from the main carer during the critical period will be harmful to a child’s social, emotional and physical development.
Long term effect of deprivation include poor future relationships as a result of emotional insecurity.

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Which studies support Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation theory?

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Goldfarb
Found that children in an orphanage who were socially and maternally deprived were less intellectually and socially developed.

28
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Define separation

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A child is away from their caregiver for a relatively short period of time.

29
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Define deprivation

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Loss of an attachment figure, implying a long term of permanent separation/loss.

30
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Define privation

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When a child never forms a bond with an attachment figure.

31
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Give 2 examples of case studies looking into the effects of privation

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Curtiss - Genie

Koluchova - The case of the Czech twins

32
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What were the main differences between Genie & the Czech twins that may have lead to the twins recovering better from privation than Genie ? (3 reasons)

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  • The twins were in privation for less time
  • The twins had each other to form attachments with and communicate
  • After the privation the twins received good care as the were adopted, Genie was passed between psychologists.
33
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What are the limitations of using the case studies of Genie and the Czech twins as evidence for harmful effects of privation? (3 reasons)

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  • The children suffered other forms of privation (social & intellectual) not just maternal.
  • hard to generalise the findings as the are individualistic.
  • More controlled scientific evidence is needed but this is not ethically possible.
34
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Which studies suggest the effects of privation are lasting?

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Quinton et al
Curtiss - Genie
Splitz

35
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Which studies suggest the effects of privation can be reversed?

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Rutter er al

Koluchova

36
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Methodological issues in privation research concerning experimental research. (3 issues)

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  • Unable to conduct true experimental research on the effects of privation for ethical reasons.
  • Cannot randomly allocate children to conditions
  • There may be extraneous variables that affect the relationship between the IV & DV that are uncontrollable/hidden. Therefore it is hard to draw conclusions about cause and effect.
37
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Methodological issue concerning the use of case studies when looking at privation

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Case studies looking at extreme privation are very rare and unusual. Meaning results cannot be generalised.

38
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Give 2 different types of daycare

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Day nurseries

Child minders

39
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Why is it be ethically challenging to study children in daycare?

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Children cannot give consent themselves. It must be granted by a gatekeeper.

40
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Why might the characteristics of parents who do and don’t choose daycare differ?

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Certain types of parents may use day care.

Certain types of parents may have certain types of children/ relationships with their children.

41
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What factors affects the quality of daycare?

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  • Amount of attention children receive
  • Facilities e.g. intellectually stimulating
  • Qualifications of carers
42
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What did Belksy find when looking at daycare? (3 findings)

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  • Children having more hours in daycare are more likely to be insecurely attached.
  • Good quality daycare can be beneficial but poor quality can have the opposite effect.
  • Children who spent more time in daycare were more likely to be regarded as aggressive.
43
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Which studies show the positive effects of daycare?

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Clarke-Steward et al

Shea

44
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Which studies show the negative effects of daycare?

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Belksy & Rovine

45
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What is the cycle of privation?

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A theory that suggests children who experience privation do on to have difficulties caring for their own children.

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