Week 8

Question 1

Attachment

Answer 1

a relatively enduring emotional tie between two people, each striving to maintain their closeness and acting to ensure the relationship continues over time

Question 2

Bowlby’s four stages of attachment formation

Answer 2

1. Indiscriminate social responsiveness (birth to 2 mos)
2. Discrimininating sociability (2 to 6/7 mos): prefer familiar people
3. Attachments (7 to 24 mos): caregiver relieve’s infant’s distress
4. Reciprocal relationships (from 24 to 30 mos)

Question 3

Internal working model

Bowlby

Answer 3

set of expectations about one’s worthiness of love, the availability of attachment figures during times of distress, and how one will be treated

Question 4

Security of attachment

Answer 4

the extent to which an infant feels they can count on parent(s) to be there to meet their needs

• completely depends on caregiver’s response
• 65% form a secure attachment with their caregiver/s in infancy

Question 5

Positive developmental outcomes in childhood

linked with secure attachment

Answer 5

• better at reading other’s emotions
• positive self-concept
• overall better social competence

Question 6

Positive developmental outcomes in adolescence

linked with secure attachment

Answer 6

• better at maintaining relationships
• better emotional regulation
• less delinquency

Question 7

Positive developmental outcomes in adulthood

linked with secure attachment

Answer 7

• desire closeness in relationships
• form a secure attachment with own children (i.e. intergenerational transmission)

insecurely attached don’t seek close relationships and are often jealous