Evolutionary explanations of attachment
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- Created on: 14-04-16 09:33
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- Evolutionary explanations of attachment
- Bowlby's theory
- Proposed that attachment had evolutionary/biological function- survival
- Likely we have evolved to be born with innate tendency to seek out attachments- genetically programmed to behave towards mothers in ways that ensure survival
- Infants programmed to behave in ways to activate caring responses in adults
- Social releasers
- Attention: Cry, laugh,stare,noises
- Physical closeness: Gripping/grasping, following, crying on separation
- Monotropy
- Innate tendency to become strongly attached to one single person
- Usually mother
- First attachment to develop, strongest overall
- Critical period
- Mothering must take place within first 2.5 years of childs life
- Being denied emotional care/attachment to mother during CP may lead to serious psychological consequences later in life.
- IWM
- Early attachments provide templates for later relationships
- Model of how you and other people likely to behave
- E.g. If left alone, you may not expect/look for intimacy, have trouble committing
- Bowlby's theory
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