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Flashcards by Elise Lambert, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elise Lambert
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is Bowlby's theory of attachment? | That Attachment is an innate system that gives animals a survival advantage |
| How do you explain natural selection? | Traits which offered our ancestors a survival advantage would be passed on to offspring. |
| What is the process of infants wanting to be close to their parents? | Proximity-seeking |
| What does monotropic attachment mean? | One attachment which is special or unique from other attachments. |
| What does a monotropic attachment create? | A good internal working model |
| What are social releasers? | a set of innate 'cute' behaviors that's purpose is to activate the adult attachment system. |
| What is a critical period? | A critical period of time where the baby can attach to a figure |
| How long is the critical period? | The critical period is 2 years |
| What is the internal working model? | It provides a template for future attachments. |
| What is a strength of Bowlby's theory? | Brazleton et al: studied interactional synchrony, and told the mothers not to respond to the infants behaviour. The babies appeared to be distressed. |
| What is another strength of Bowbly's theory? | Fox: research into israeli communal farms where infants are brought up by nurses and only spend around 3 hours a day with their parents. The infants still showed a monotropic bond with their mothers though. |
| What is a stength of the internal working model? | Bailey et al: assessed 99 mothers with one year old babies on the quality of their attachment to their own mothers. mother who reported poor relationships with their mothers were likely to have a poor relationship with their infant |
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