Attachment

Attachment

Attachment definition
1. Schaffer 'a long enduring, emotionally meaningful tie to a particular person
2. Ainsworth 'a relatively long enduring tie in which the partner is important as a unique indevidual
  1. 'a desire to maintaine closeness'
Key elements
1. Long term emotional bond
2. Focused on a particular indevidual
3. Reciprocal
4. Desire for physical & emotional closeness
Signs of attachment
1. Proximity seeking
  Annotations:
  - Maintain closeness and spending time together
2. Distress on separation
3. Joy on reunion
4. Orientation to the other person
  Annotations:
  - Attention is directed to the other and attempts are made to engage them in interaction or activities.
5. Stranger anxiety
6. Secure base effect
Reciprocity
1. Melzoff & Moore 1977
  1. Infants as young as 2-3 weeks coppy facial expressions and hand gestures
2. Taking turns, coppying, like a conversation
Bowlbys theory of attachment
1. Attachment is instinctive
2. Monotrophy
  Annotations:
  - There is a single attachment to one person which is more important and at the top of the hierarchy.
3. Internal working model
  Annotations:
  - The key relationship provides a 'template' for later relationships... 'AM I LOVEABLE? ARE OTHERS TRUSTWORTHY?'
  - Also called the CONTINUITY HYPOTHESIS
4. Sensitive period
  Annotations:
  - Attachments should take place within the FIRST 3 YEARS... serious consequences if not.

Resource summary

	Created by innocent.gemma about 9 years ago