Bolwbly
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- Bowlby
- Monotropy
- The idea that we have one main attachment figure, the quality of which determines the quality of all future attachements
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- Van Ijzendoorn found that some cultures form many attachments. In these cultures children are raised collectively and this does not lead to poor attachment quality later in life.
- Schaffer and Emerson's stages of attachment state that part of development is forming multiple attachements
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- The idea that we have one main attachment figure, the quality of which determines the quality of all future attachements
- Critical Period
- A period of time during which attachment can be formed and all attachment mechanisms are at their peak. 2 years.
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- Rutter found that orphans not adopted in six months were underdeveloped both physiologically and mentally.
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- A period of time during which attachment can be formed and all attachment mechanisms are at their peak. 2 years.
- Social Releasers
- A set of innate behaviours designed to get the attention of the caregiver
- Grabbing
- Cooing
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- Brazeldon et al. found that babies do not respond positively to being ignored
- Social releasers are important for reciprocity and interactional synchrony
- Brazeldon et al. found that babies do not respond positively to being ignored
- A set of innate behaviours designed to get the attention of the caregiver
- Internal Working Model
- The model for all future attachments and relationships, based on the quality of the monotropic primary attachment figure.
- Law of Continuity
- The idea that interruption in attachment damage a child's internal working model.
- The more constant and predictable to attachment, the stronger the IWM
- Privation
- Never forming a primary attachment
- Deprivation
- Being separated from the primary attachment figure for a prolonged amount of time
- Law of accumulated separation
- The amount of time a child is separated from the primary attachment figure adds up to have problematic effects
- The idea that interruption in attachment damage a child's internal working model.
- 44 Thieves
- Conducted a study on the effects of accumulated separation on young offenders at an institution where he worked.
- Sample of 44 emotionally disturbed thieves compared with a control group of 44 emotionally stable thieves
- Findings
- 14 of the thieves were what Bowlby described as "affectionless"
- None of these were in the control group
- 17 of the thieves had suffered maternal deprivation
- 2 of these were in the control group
- 14 of the thieves were what Bowlby described as "affectionless"
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- Reductionist - ignores the other factors that may contribute to delinquent behaviour such as childhood abuse.
- Sample - all male opportunity sample, meaning it was both androcentric and hadn't seen screened for extraneous variables.
- Researcher bias - as Bowlby was attempting to prove his own theories, there is a chance that he interpreted what he found in the context of his own work, this damages the internal validity.
- Conducted a study on the effects of accumulated separation on young offenders at an institution where he worked.
- Monotropy
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