explanation of attachment: Bowlby's theory

Question 1

who proposed monotropic theory

Answer 1

Bowlby:
He proposed an evolutionary explanation and suggested that attachment was an innate system that gave survival advantage.

Question 2

Monotropy

Answer 2

Child attaches to one particular caregiver and this attachment is different and more important. The more time spent with the primary attachment figure the better.

Question 3

what two principles did Bowlby put togther

Answer 3

Law of continuity
Law of accumulated separation

Question 4

Law of continuity

Answer 4

More constant and predictable a child’s care , the better the quality of their attachment.

Question 5

Law of accumulated separation

Answer 5

effects of every separation from the mother adds up so the safest dose of separation is a zero dose

Question 6

Social releasers

Answer 6

these are a set of innate cute behaviour such as cooing or gripping that encourage attention from an adult.

Question 7

Importance of social releasers

Answer 7

To activate the adult attachment system in order to make the adult feel love towards the baby. Both baby and mother have an innate predisposition to become attached and social releasers trigger that response in caregivers.

Question 8

What did Bowlby call the critical period and how long is it

Answer 8

He called this the sensitive period and it is around 2 years. Child is maximally sensitive at age of two but if attachment is not formed child will find it harder to form one later on.

Question 9

Internal working model

Answer 9

our mental representations of relationships we all carry with us which helps us form attachments in the future. It serves as a model for what relationships are like.

Question 10

A child who had a loving relationship with reliable caregiver

Answer 10

will tend to form an expectation that all relationships are loving and reliable and they will bring these qualities to future relationships.

Question 11

A child who had a poor rleationship with caregiver

Answer 11

WIll tend to form poor relationships in which they expoect such treatments from others or treat people that way.

Question 12

Internal working model and link to parenthood

Answer 12

People tend to base their parenting behaviour on their own experiences of being parented.

Loving parents=be loving parents themselves