Bowlby's Theory of Attachment
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- Created on: 25-08-17 11:51
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- Bowlby's Theory of Attachment
- Why attachment forms
- Parents must also be attached to their infants because they will want to care for them
- It is only the parents who look after their offspring that are likely to produce offspring
- Attachment is important because it aids survival as the infant has someone to look after them
- How attachment forms
- Critical period
- If an attachment is not formed the infant may have difficulty forming attachments later in life
- It is 3-6 months ad it is when the attachment has to form
- Social releasers
- It an be things such as smiling and having a baby face
- These social releasers are innate mechanisms that explain how attachments are formed
- Monotropy
- It means that infants have one special attachments
- This is normally the infants mother but it can be the father or someone else
- Critical period
- Consequence of attachment
- The infant creates an internal working model (IWM)
- The IWM can be used as the basis for future relationships
- It also gives the child an insight into the care-givers behaviour
- Why attachment forms
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