Refers to characteristics that are inborn, a product of genetic factors. Such traits may be apparent at birth or may appear later as a result of maturation.
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Continuity Hypothesis
The idea that emotionally secure infants go on to be emotionally secure, trusting and socially confident adults.
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Imprinting
An innate readiness to develop a strong bond with a bother figure, which takes place during a critical or sensitive period.
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Internal Working Model
A mental model of the world that enables individuals to predict and control their environment.
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Monotropy
the idea that the one relationship the infant has with his/her primary attachment figure is of special significance in emotional development.
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Sensitive Period
a biologically determined period of time during which the child is particularly sensitive to a specific form of stimulation, resulting in the development of a specific response or characteristic.
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Social Releasers
A social behaviour or characteristic that elicits a care-giving reaction. Bowlby suggested that these were innate and adaptive, and critical in the process of forming attachments.
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Temperament Hypothesis
The belief that children form attachments simply because they have a more 'easy' temperament from birth, whereas innately difficult children are more likely to form insecure attachments and later relationships.
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The idea that emotionally secure infants go on to be emotionally secure, trusting and socially confident adults.
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Continuity Hypothesis
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An innate readiness to develop a strong bond with a bother figure, which takes place during a critical or sensitive period.
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Card 4
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A mental model of the world that enables individuals to predict and control their environment.
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Card 5
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the idea that the one relationship the infant has with his/her primary attachment figure is of special significance in emotional development.
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