Parent-Infant Attachment - Bowlby (1951), Freud and Oepidus

Question 0

4 Types of Attachment (SAAD)

Answer 0

1) Secure
2) Avoidant
3) Ambivalent
4) Disorganised

Question 1

The attachment theory is involved with the works of who?

Answer 1

Bowlby (1951), Freud and Oedipus

Question 2

Secure Attachment

Answer 2

• Strongest type
• Child feels he can depend on his parent when he needs support.
• Child knows what to expect
• Plays well with other children his age

Question 3

Avoidant Attachment

Answer 3

• Non Secure
• Avoidant children have learned that depending on parents wont get them the secure feeling they want, so they learn to take care of themselves
• May seem too independent
• Dont often ask for help but get frustrated easily
• May be aggressive

Question 4

Ambivalent Attachment

Answer 4

• Ambivalence: not being completely sure of something
• Children have learned that sometimes their needs will be met and sometimes they arent
• Notice what behaviour got parents attention and use that over and over
• Ambivalent children are often very clingy
• Act younger than they are

Question 5

Disorganised Attachment

Answer 5

• Dont know what to expect from their parents
• Do things that make no sense
• Speak fast and hard to understand

2 Types of disorganised attachments:

1) Controlling: bossy with their friends
2) Care giving: treat other children in childish way acting like parent