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
- Attachment is innate, like imprinting
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