theories of attachment

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theories of attachment
  1. Learning theory
    1. infants have no innate ability to form attachments they learn through food.
      1. Harlows monkeys and Lorenz Goslings go against this
      2. evolutionary theory
        1. the tendancy to form attachments is innatend founf in babies and mums
        2. classical conditioning- learning through association
            1. operant conditioning- learning via consequence
                1. Bowlbys theory of attachment
                  1. Bowlbys theory states that we grom innate attachments with our mothers for survival. However, this attachment must be formed within the critical period, which for humans is betwwen birth and 2 years or an attchment will not be formed. Bowlby put forward the idea of MONOTROPY, the idea that we form a strong attachment to 1 particular adult. The mother must respond to spcial releases if she wants to become the primary care giver. The first attachment formed serves as a framework for all other attachments. this is the internal working model.
                    1. evaluate
                      1. EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT: lorenz goslings- supports the idea of imprinting and having an innate attachment, they stay close to their parent to survive and for food. And one strong attachments for monotropy
                        1. however, human brain is more complex interms of attachments we cant extrapolate to humans
                        2. HAZEN AND SHAVERS LOVE QUIZ- supports IWM was a link between the type of chidhood people had and their future relationships
                          1. RUTTER: MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS ARE NORM- infants form attachments with multiple adults, not just the mother, going against monotropy.
                            1. LAMB- infants have secure attachments with the fathers,grandparents and siblings, we form secure attachments with those closest to us , but these may vary (father for play)
                              1. SHAFFER AND EMERSON. found children form attachments with other people shortly after the specific attachment. these prove to be just as valuable to the child
                              2. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES- izendoorn cross cultural studies- if attachments were innate there would be no variance between cultures
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