Mother as primary care giver Flashcards
1
Q
Main arguments for
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- NHS feeding
- Freud
- Bowlby monotropy
- Role of day care
- mothers not father
2
Q
Main arguments against
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- Feeding Harlow
- Multiple attachments schaffer and emerson
- Rutter - alternative role of mother and impacts of separation
- fATHER Hormones and neuroscience
- Freud - outdated
- Bowlby
- Evidence for men being capable
3
Q
Outline NHS feeding for
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- first 6 months
- health
- bond - oxytocin
4
Q
Outline Freud for
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- Satisfy libido
- smooth passage through oral - neediness or pessimism
- oedipus/electra
- prototype
5
Q
Outline Bowlby for
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- monotropy
- Internal working model
- Maternal deprivation
- critical period
6
Q
Outline role of day care for
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- Belksy - non relatives
- ## sigman - cortisol
7
Q
Outline mothers not fathers for
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- Men not psych equipped
- Females have oestrogeen
8
Q
Outline feeding harlow against
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- used monkeys to show how important care giving bond is
- Choose comfort over food
- Just because mother breastfeeds doesn’t mean she will be primary
9
Q
Outline schaffen and emerson multiple attachments against
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- longitudinal for first 18 months
- 0-7 indescriminant
- 7-9 1-2 special
- 10 multiple attachment s
- 18 months 50% mother and rest mostly father
- most important factor is who communicates and plays, responsiveness is key
10
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Outline rutter against
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- mother is not special in the way the infant shows its attachment to her
- retested 44 thieves
- stress and psych disorder 4 times more likely to crime
- Seperation due to death or illness unlikely to turn to crime
- Romanian orphan study. 6 months develop normally emotionally
11
Q
outline Abraham against
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- If father is secondary caregiver they show less emotional brain activity and focus on thinking and planning
- If father is primary they have same amount of thinking and planning but have increased emotional brain activity
12
Q
male hormones against
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Gutter - males testosterone drops in order to help ‘a man respond more sensitively to his childrens needs’
