Attachment - AQA (A) PSYA1

Includes everything you need to know for Attachment for AQA A As Psychology: 

•Explanations of attachment, including learning theory and Bowlby’s theory

• Types of attachment: secure attachment, insecure-avoidant and insecureresistant

• Use of the “Strange Situation” in attachment research

• Cultural variations in attachment

• The effects of disruption of attachment, failure to form attachment (privation)

and institutional care

Attachment in everydaylife

• The impact of different forms of day care on children’s social development,

including the effects on aggression and peer relations

• How research into attachment and day care has influenced child care practices.