Attachment behaviour promotes survival because it ensures safety and food for the offspring.
Bowlby claimed that if attachement does not take place before the age of 2 1/2, then it is much more difficult thereafter.
Infants are born with social releasers such as crying and smiling, and they have cute faces which elicit care-giving.
ainsworth et al - secure attachments are the result of mothers being responsive to childrens needs
monotropy - infants need one special attachment relationship. This primary attachment forms with the individual who has offered sensitive repsonses.
The internal working model - the infant relates their relationship with the primary attachment figure with other relationships later in life
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