Bowlby's theory of attachment
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- Created on: 24-05-14 18:36
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- Bowlby's theory of attachment
- PSYCHO-DYNAMIC ROOT
- mother/ main care giver acts as the ego and superego before developed in the child
- "mother's love in infancy...is as important for mental health as vitamins are for physical health"
- EVOLUTIONARY BASIS TO ATTACHMENT
- Lorenz - animals follow mother - imprint
- infants have a similar attachment instinct to ensure survival
- Lorenz - animals follow mother - imprint
- THEORY
- thought development would be affected in bond with care giver was broken in early life - maternal deprivation hypothesis
- monotrophy - loving relationship with one person
- innate need to make this bond
- sensitive period - no main time but if i happens after it will be weaker
- ATTACHMENT
- Secure base
- seperation distress
- safe haven
- Proximity maintanance
- BOWLBY'S FOCUS ON LOSS
- deprivation and separation from a man attachment figure
- object relations theory
- the way infant learn from their own relationships
- about how they work- develop internal working model
- build this for relationships from their experience of attachmets
- use it when interacting with others in life
- Brown & Harris - girls who lost their mother before 12 yrs more likely to be depressed as adults
- the way infant learn from their own relationships
- idea of loss in childhood leading to later emotional issues
- PRIVATION
- no attachment ever made
- DEPRIVATION
- broken attachment through separation
- SEPARATION
- no longer with main caregiver
- PSYCHO-DYNAMIC ROOT
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