bowlbys theories of attachment
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- BOWLBY'S THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
- monotropic theory
- attachment behaviours are pre-programmed in our genes
- infants who stay close to primary caregiver during critical period survive longer
- relationships must form in the critical period (up to 3 years old)
- attachment based on forming a monotropic relationship with one person- usually the biological mother
- babies programmed to exhibit social releasers to attract attention and response from adults
- caregivers respond to the social releasers through displays of sensitive responsiveness such as interactional synchrony
- maternal deprivation
- critical period where attachment needs to be formed
- affectionless psychopathy
- characterised by lacking empathy
- juvenile thieves study
- Aim: to see if causes of juvenile delinquency is due to maternal deprivation
- Procedure: identified 44 thieves and 44 controls; all emotionally maladjusted. Looked for signs of affectionless psychopathy and signs of maternal deprivation
- Findings: 14 of the 44 thieves displayed affectionless psychopathy and none of the control group. 86%of these suffered frequent separation from mothers
- monotropic theory
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