Mother Should Be Care Giver

Question 1

What are the main points?

Answer 1

Feeding
Freud’s views
Deprivation damage
Mothers not fathers

Question 2

Feeding- what do the NHS recommend?

Answer 2

Infants a are breast fed for at least the first 6 months of their lives

Question 3

What does breast feeding offer and why?

Answer 3

The healthiest start for infants because it protects the infant dorm numerous infections and diseases

Question 4

What do the NHS claim?

Answer 4

That breast feeding can build a strong physical and emotional bond between mother and baby and so is an important subsequent for emotional development

Question 5

The feeding argument means that an infants mother will have to feed an infant every 2 hours. Why does this help the arguments?

Answer 5

Both practical, and essential to the infants survival that the mother is a primary care giver

Question 6

What does the feeding argument mean for fathers?

Answer 6

Father is limited to a supporting care-giving role

Question 7

What does Sigmund Freud say about the role of a mother?

Answer 7

Of great importance in the initial oral stage of psychosexual development

Question 8

According to Freud, why does an infant rely on its mother? What happens if over indulged/ frustrated?

Answer 8

To satisfy the needs of their libido

Over indulgence/ frustration can lead to emotional problems later in life e.g. Neediness or pessimism

Question 9

What did Freud claim that separation anxiety was caused from?

Answer 9

Cause by the infant realising that their bodily needs will go unsatisfied if separation is allowed to occur

Question 10

How, according to Freud, can the relationship between mother and infant affect future relationships?

Answer 10

A mother’s love acts as a prototype for every relationship the infant will go through

Question 11

What did Bowlby demonstrate? (Deprivation damage)

Answer 11

How early and prolonged separation between a child and a mother can have lasting emotional effects

Question 12

What can early separation lead to?

Answer 12

An affection less character

Question 13

What is an affection less character more likely to be/ have?

Answer 13

Lack the ability to feel mortal affection, shame or sense of responsibility

More likely to be a thief

Question 14

What did Bowlby form the ideas of an affection less character into?

Answer 14

Maternal deprivation hypothesis

Question 15

What did Bowlby identify?

Answer 15

A central role for the mother in healthy emotional development

Question 16

What was Bowlby influenced by and how did it affect his proposals?

Answer 16

Influenced by the evolutionary theory

Proposed that attachment to one caregiver has special importance for survival (monotropy)

Question 17

What is a reason for women being a better care giver?

Answer 17

Most men are not psychologically equipped to form this kind of emotional relationship

Question 18

What makes women biologically better to be a primary care giver?

Answer 18

The female hormone oestrogen which underlines caring behaviour so women are more oriented towards emotional relationships than men

Question 19

What did Frodi find?

Answer 19

Showed a video tape of infants crying and found no differences in the biological response of men and women