CONCEPTS OF A CRITICAL PERIOD + AN INTERNAL WORKING MODEL.

CONCEPTS OF A CRITICAL PERIOD + AN INTERNAL WORKING MODEL.

-Bowlbys monotropic theory formed the sensitive period and IWM.

CRITICAL PERIOD:

• Based on biology and fetus formation.
• If an attachment has not formed after 3 years it will not happen.
• This will affect later attachments and relationships.

RUTTER 1998:

• Study of roman orphans who were misstreated, then adopted.
• Most managed to form attachments that went against the critical period.
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