Key Terms Flashcards
Affectionless Psychopathy
Term used by Bowlby to describe people who don’t show concern or affection for other people and show no or very little remorse or guilt.
Asocial Stage
Stage from 0-6 weeks where infant may respond to faces or voices but an attachment has not been formed.
Contact Comfort
The physical and emotional comfort that an infant receives from being close to its mother
Continuity Hypothesis
The idea that early relationships with caregivers predict later relationships in adulthood
Critical Period
A time where an attachment has to form otherwise it never will
Disinhibited Attachment
Child shows equal affection to strangers as they do people they know well
Evolutionary Explanation
Explanation for behaviour such as attachment that views it as increasing survival chances
Imprinting
Offspring follow the first thing they see
Indiscriminate Attachment
Infants aged 2-7 months can discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar people but does not show stranger anxiety
Insecure Avoidant Attachment
Attachment classification in Strange Situation where child shows low stranger and separation anxiety and little response to reunion
Insecure Resistant Attachment
Attachment classification in Strange Situation where child shoes high stranger and separation anxiety and resists comfort at reunion
Interactional Synchrony
Infant and caregiver reflect each other’s actions and emotions in a coordinated manner
Internal Working Model
Mental representation of our relationship with our primary caregiver that becomes a template for future relationships
Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis
Separation from the mother figure in early childhood has serious consequences
Secure Attachment
Most desirable attachment classification in Strange Situation where child shows separation anxiety, stranger anxiety and joy on reunion
