Bowlby's theory of attachment

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  • Bowlby's (1958, 1969) monotropic theory of attachment
    • Attachment is innate, like imprinting
      • Bowlby: evolutionary explanation: attachment innate survival advantage
      • Imprinting & attachment evolved; enabled young animals stay close to caregivers - protects from hazards
    • Monotropic = a primary attachment figure
      • Monotropic; emphasis on the child's attachment on one caregiver (the primary caregiver)
    • More time spent with mother figure is beneficial
      • Law of continuity: more constant a childs care = better quality of attachment
      • Law of accumulated separation: effects of every separation add up
    • Babies born with social releasers
      • Set of innate 'cute' behaviours
      • Activates adult attachment signal; attachment reciprocal system
    • Critical period
      • Two years
      • 'sensitive period' in which baby maximally sensitive
      • If attachment not formed during critical period, harder to form one later
    • Primary caregiver forms internal working model of relationships
      • Child forms mental representation of relationship with primary attachment figure
      • This serves as a template for what relationships are like
      • Child will form expectation of relationships based on treatment from primary caregiver
        • Will also affect parenting skills

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