Bowlby

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Level 3 Psychology Mind Map on Bowlby, created by Rosy Harris on 02/02/2015.
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Bowlby
  1. Evolutionary Theory
    1. ASCMI Q
      1. Adaptive
        1. Babies have an innate drive to attach and attachments are adaptive
          1. This means they are more likely to survive
        2. Social Releasers
          1. Social releasers unlock the innate tendency of adults to care for them
            1. Physical
              1. Behavioural
              2. Critical Period
                1. Babies must form attachment within the critical period between birth and 2 to 3 years old.
                  1. Since renamed as the sensitive period
                2. Monotropy
                  1. Bowlby believed infants formed one very special attachment with the mother
                  2. Internal working model
                    1. A special mental schema for relationships
                      1. All the child's future adult relationships will be based on this
                    2. Quality
                      1. Quality rather than quantity of care is important
                    3. Supporting Evidence
                      1. Harlow's Monkey's 1959
                        1. Monkey's became moreattached to the cloth mother, despite getting food from the wire mother.
                          1. Support's Bowlby's idea of a critical period. Harlow concluded that for a monkey to develop they must have some interactionwith an object to which they can cling during the first months of life
                        2. Hazan and Shaver's Love Quiz
                          1. Developed a love quiz to investigate whether early attachment type affected future relationships.
                            1. A high correlation was found between childhood attachment types and adult love styles
                              1. Supports continuity hypothesis
                          2. Tronick
                            1. Studied children in extended family groups, children were cared for by whomever closest and were breastfed by different women.
                              1. At one years the children had formed an attachment to their biological mother
                                1. Supports Bowlby's idea that quality and sensitivity is more important than quantity
                                  1. Links to Ainsworth Maternal Sensitivity Hypothesis
                          3. Criticisms
                            1. Little evidence to support monotropy
                              1. Strength of attachment could be explained by temperament (Kagan)
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