Bowlby's Attachment Theory
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- Created on: 15-05-13 11:02
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- Bowlby's Theory of Attachment
- Innate
- Attachment is inborn product of genetic factors
- For the infant's survival
- Monotropy
- Infant can form one attachment with a primary caregiver
- Social releasers
- Infant uses these to attract attention of primary caregiver
- Crying, smiling etc
- Infant uses these to attract attention of primary caregiver
- Reciprocal
- Two way relationship between infant and caregiver both become attached
- Internal Working Model
- Mother is the template for all future relationships
- Insecure + secure behaviours will carry on throughout life
- Critical Period
- Attachment must be formed before infant is 2 1/2 or social problems will happen in the future
- Innate
- Attachment: an affectional tie that one person or animal forms between himself and another specific one - it is a tie that binds them together in space and endures over time
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