Evolutionary theory - Bowlby's Theory
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- Evolutionary theory - Bowlby's Theory
- Adaptive
- Adaptive advantage - Increase chances of survival.
- Protect, feed and keep warm.
- Adaptive advantage - Increase chances of survival.
- Social releasers
- These unlock the innate tendency of adults to care for them.
- Physical - Big eyes
- Behaviour - Crying
- These unlock the innate tendency of adults to care for them.
- Critical period
- Attachment must be formed within a critical period (2 1/2 years).
- Social
- Physical
- Intellectual
- Emotional
- Attachment must be formed within a critical period (2 1/2 years).
- Monotropy
- Only one very special attachment.
- Forever present - Usually with a family member.
- Only one very special attachment.
- Internal woking model
- Future relationships based on first attachment.
- Limitations
- Schaffer observed relationships between siblings. Undermines monotropy because they were attached to their siblings as much as there mother.
- Koluchova found twins raised in isolation formed secure attachment once rescued after critical period.
- Strengths
- Hodges and Tizard didn't allow children to form attachments to their care workers. They found that the children had difficulty forming attachments with peers.
- Bowlby found that if children were separated from their mothers for six months or more in the critical period that the child has a 80% likely hood of having affectionless psychopathy.
- Adaptive
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