Bowlby
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- Created on: 02-12-16 09:43
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- Bowlby
- he believed that attachment behaviours are instinctive and will be triggered by any conditions that seem to threaten their closeness to who they are attached to- parents.
- his theory of attachment sugeests that children come into the world biologically pre-programmed to form attachments with others.
- this will help them to survive
- Bowlby believed that mental health and behavioural problems could be attributed to early childhood
- he suggests that the fear of strangers represents an important survival mechanism, this is built in by nature.
- babies are born with the tendency to display certain innate behaviours, called social releasers, which help ensure closeness and contact with the mother or attachment figure.
- e.g. crying, smiling, crawling
- Asocial (0-6weeks)
- very young infants are asocial in that many kinds of stimuli, both social and non-social, produce a favorable reaction- such as a smile.
- indiscriminate attachments (6weeks - 7months)
- infants indiscriminately enjoy human company and most babies respond equally to any caregiver. they get upset when an individual doesn't interact with them.
- specific attachment (6-9months)
- special preference for a single attachment figure. the baby looks to certain people for security, comfort and protection. it shows fear of strangers and unhappiness when separated from a special person.
- some babies show stranger fear and separation anxiety much more. but nevertheless they are seen as evidence that the baby has formed an attachment, usually developed by 1
- multiple attachment (10+monthws)
- the baby becomes increasingly independent and forms several attachments- by 18 months the majority of infants have formed multiple attachments.
- study shows that attachments were most likely to form with those who responded accurately to the baby's signals.
- intensly attached infants had mothers who responded quickly to their demands and, interacted with their child.
- infants who are weekly attached had mothers who failed to interact.
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