attachment, not finished
- Created by: Munirah Rahman
- Created on: 22-12-12 14:40
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- attchment
- bowlby's theory
- innate
- "inborn", the product of genetic factors
- innate tendency to form a strong qualitatively different attachment to one person
- attachment has a survival value and is observed in most animals therefore it is most likely to have a genetic basis
- "inborn", the product of genetic factors
- monotropy
- innate tendency to form a strong qualitatively different attachment to one person
- sensitive period
- biologically determined period of time during which an infant is most likely to develop an attachment
- social releasers
- infants are born with certain characteristics which elicit care giving from adults
- evolutionary basis
- attachment has a survival value and is observed in most animals therefore it is most likely to have a genetic basis
- internal working model
- template for future relationships based on first attachment
- imprinting
- tendency for newborn animals to form an attachment to any animal that is present and follow them like their mother
- tendency for newborn animals to form an attachment to any animal that is present and follow them like their mother
- continuity hypothesis
- link between early attachment relationship and later emotional behaviour
- strengths
- innate
- the learning theory
- behaviour is learnt rather than inborn
- individuals are born as 'blank slates'-'tabula rasa'- and everything they become is based on the experiences they have
- dollard and miller
- basis for the learning of attachments is the provision of food
- an infant will initially form an attchment with whoever feeds it
- basis for the learning of attachments is the provision of food
- strengths
- theory has face validity
- idea of association and reinforcement works
- weaknesses
- food may not be the main reinforcer
- harlow's research
- behaviour is learnt rather than inborn
- bowlby's theory
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