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explanations of attachment: Bowlby's theory
- Bowlby's monotropic theory
- disagreed with the learning theory to attachments
- looked at evolutionary explanation (innate tendency's)
- imprinting & attachments evolve to protect from hazards
- imprinting & attachments evolve to protect from hazards
- looked at evolutionary explanation (innate tendency's)
- ASCMI - alice snorts cannabis Monday igloo
- monotropy
- attachment to one caregiver
- more important than others
- primary attachment figure
- primary attachment figure
- more important than others
- law of continuity
- more constant & predictable the
child's care - better quality attachment
- more constant & predictable the
child's care - better quality attachment
- law of accumulated separation
- effects of every separation add up
- effects of every separation add up
- attachment to one caregiver
- social releasers
- innate behaviours
- smiling & cooing
- activate adult attachment systems
- make adults fell love towards the baby
- smiling & cooing
- innate behaviours
- critical period
- relationship gradually builds up
- 2 1/2 years
- sensitive period
- if no attachment formed - harder in later life
- if no attachment formed - harder in later life
- relationship gradually builds up
- internal working model
- children form a mental representation of
their relationship with primary caregiver
- models what all relationships are like
- impact on future
- affects child's ability to parent
- affects child's ability to parent
- impact on future
- models what all relationships are like
- children form a mental representation of
their relationship with primary caregiver
- monotropy
- disagreed with the learning theory to attachments
- evaluation
- mixed evidence for monotropy
- Bowlby - one primary caregiver = special
attachment - then multiple attachments
- against Schaffer & Emerson
- babies can form multiple attachments
at the same time as primary caregiver
- babies can form multiple attachments
at the same time as primary caregiver
- against Schaffer & Emerson
- attachment to primary caregiver is just stronger
- not better quality
- not better quality
- Bowlby - one primary caregiver = special
attachment - then multiple attachments
- support for social releasers
- needed to initiate social interaction
- interactional synchrony exists
- interactional synchrony exists
- needed to initiate social interaction
- support for internal working models
- Bailey
- assessed 99 mothers with one year olds
- quality of attachment
- poor attachment = poor attachment as a child
- poor attachment = poor attachment as a child
- quality of attachment
- assessed 99 mothers with one year olds
- Bailey
- mixed evidence for monotropy
- evaluation +
- monotropy is a socially sensitive idea
- controversial - implications for the lifestyle choices of mothers
- may end in poor quality attachment & disadvantage to the child
- effects whether to go back to work or not
- effects whether to go back to work or not
- may end in poor quality attachment & disadvantage to the child
- controversial - implications for the lifestyle choices of mothers
- temperament is as important as attachment
- temperament = child's genetically influenced personality
- same babies are born more anxious than others
- explains social behaviour rather than attachment
- explains social behaviour rather than attachment
- same babies are born more anxious than others
- temperament = child's genetically influenced personality
- monotropy is a socially sensitive idea
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