Bowlby’s monotropic theory
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- Created on: 04-04-22 14:37
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- Bowlby’s monotropic theory
- Monotropy
- One main singular attachment to a mother figure which is more important than all other attachments
- Law of continuity: states that it is important for the care of a child to be consistent and constant as this forms the strongest attachments
- Law of accumulated separation: states that the effects of separation from a mother figure add up and cause developmental issues
- One main singular attachment to a mother figure which is more important than all other attachments
- Social releases
- Social releasers are innate behaviours which a baby has which causes an attachment to grow
- Smiling and cooing
- Crying
- Gripping
- Social releasers are innate behaviours which a baby has which causes an attachment to grow
- Internal working model
- The internal working model is a schematic framework which develops based on the attachment style experienced in the critical period
- When the IWM is positive, future relationships for that individual are more likely to be positive and based on the strong and loving attachments experienced in childhood
- When the IWm is negative, future relationships for that individual are likely to be negative and based on the weak and potentially abuse I’ve attachments experienced in childhood
- The internal working model is a schematic framework which develops based on the attachment style experienced in the critical period
- Critical period
- Critical period is the time which an attachment must be formed
- In humans, the critical period is around 2 years
- With Lorenz’s goslings, critical period was 13-16 days
- If an attachment is not formed in the critical period, it will be extremely difficult for that individual rto create an attachment later on
- evaluations of monotropic theory
- Strengths
- Schaffer and Emerson support monotropic attachment by stating that PAF is most important, all others are less so
- Weaknesses
- Research against
- Rutter/ Lamb: attachments are formed for different reasons and hierarchies
- Research against
- Strengths
- Monotropy
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