John Bowlby ATTACHMENT THEORY Flashcards
Bowlby firmly believed that
the attachments formed during _____ have an important impact on adulthood.
Because childhood attachments are crucial to later development, Bowlby argued that investigators should study childhood directly and not rely on distorted retrospective accounts from adults.
childhood
Bowlby observed three stages of this separation anxiety.
1st stage-Protest stage
2nd stage-Despair
last stage- detachment
caregiver is first out of sight, infants will cry, resist soothing by other
people, and search for their caregiver.
Protest stage
As separation
continues, infants become quiet, sad, passive, listless, and apathetic
2nd stage Despair
The last stage—the only one unique to humans ____
During this stage, infants become emotionally detached from other people, including their caregiver.
If their mother returns, the infant will disregard her and avoid her.
detachment
As they become older, they play and interact with others with little emotion but appear to be sociable. However, their interpersonal relations are superficial and lack warmth.
as a result from detachment
Bowlby’s theory rests on two fundamental assumptions:
First, a responsive and accessible caregiver (usually the mother) must create a secure base for the child.
A second assumption of attachment theory is that a bonding relationship (or
lack thereof ) becomes internalized and serves as a mental working model on which future friendships and love relationships are built.
T o F
The first bonding attachment is
therefore the most critical of all relationships
True
T or F
Attachment style is a relationship between two people and not a trait given to the infant by the caregiver. It is a two-way street—the infant and the caregiver must be responsive to each other and each must influence the other’s behavior.
True
