Attachment

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What is attachment
A strong emotional relationship between 2 people which developments over time and is recipricol
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Name two theories into attachment
Learning theory (classical and operant) and evolutionary theory
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What is operant conditioning
Learning through the consequence of behaviour
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What is classical conditioning
Learning through association
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Studies which support the learning theory
Schaffer and Emerson (first attachment)
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Studies which contradict the learning theory
Schaffer and Emerson ( first attachment), Harlows monkeys, to simple
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Who devised the evolutionary theory
Bowlby
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What are the 6 main factors within the evolutionary theory
innate, monotropy, social releasers, critical period, internal working model, continuity hypothesis
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Studies that support the evolutionary theory
Ross (nappies), Hazard and Shaver (tested direct relationships)
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Studies that contradict the evolutionary theory
Schaffer and Emerson (60 Glasgow babies )
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Outline Harlows monkeys study
Dummy monkey ( one wired with bottles, one cloth)
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Evaluate harlows monkeys research
Ethical issues e.g no consent, protection from harm, withdraw
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Outline the strange situation
1-7 stages,, lab experiment/ observational study, measuring babies responses to the events, events measure the atachment type of the baby
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Findings of the S.S
Attachment type, style and description
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insecure-aviodent
high willingness to explore, low stranger anxiety, indfferent on separation, avoids contact upon reunion, caregiver may ignore infant
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insecure-resistent
low willingness to explore, high stranger anxiety, very distressed on separation, seeks and rejects mother upon reunion, caregiver undecided
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Secure
high willingness to explore, high stranger anxiety, distressed on separation but easy to sooth , enthusiastic upon reunion, caregiver sensitive to infant
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Strengths of the S.S
Easy to replicate, provides a valid measure of childs reponse, large sample size, reliable method
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Weaknesses of the S.S
Categorisation to limited, ethical issues, low ecological validity, demand characteristics, lacks validity
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Outline a study into cross cultural variations
Van Ijzendoom and krooneberg
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Strenths of the C.C.V study
same control variables, truly cross cultural
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Weaknesses of the C.C.V study
Couldn't be reliably compared, ethical issues, western technique
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What is Privation
Where no attachment has ever been formed
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What is short term seperation
Where there is an attachment formed but it temporarily broken
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Characteristics of S.T.S
Protest, despair,detachment
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Long term separation characteristics
Extreme clingness and Detachment
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Effects of privation
Socialisation problems, mental retardation, attention seeking behaviour and affectionless psychopathy
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Case studies into the effects of privation
Kolochova ( twin boys) and Skuse ( two sistes)
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What is institutionalisation
Refers to the behaviour patterns of the children who have been raised in institutions such as orphanages or children's homes
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What is dis-inhabited behaviour
Behaviour pattern shown by some children who have been raised in institutions
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Key features of disinhabited attachment
Attention seeking, lack of fear of strangers, more inappropriate, physical contact with adults
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Studies into effects of institutionalisation
Rutter ( 100 Romanian Orphans)
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Factors effecting children's recovery from institutionalisation or privation
Quality of care in institutions, age of child when removed from privation or institutionalisation, quality of care after removed, follow on experiences in later life
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Features of a high quality day care
low staff turnover, good staff to children ration, key workers, stimulating toys
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Effects of day care on social development
Aggression and peer relationships
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Studies for day care having a positive effect
Anderson (sweden), schinder, moely and frank, field
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Studies for day care having a negative effect
dilalla, Belsky and fields
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