Attachment

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Created on: 23-05-17 15:23

RECIPROCITY

A desription of how two people interact. Mother-infant interaction is reciprocal in that both infant and mother respond to each other's signals and each elicts a response from the other.

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INTERACTIONAL SYNCHRONY

Mother and infant reflect both the actions and emotions of the other and do this in a co-ordinated (syncronised) way.

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STAGES OF ATTACHMENT

Many developmental theories identify a sequence of qualitatively different behaviours linked to specific ages. In stages of attachment some characteristics of the infant's behaviour towards others change as the infant gets older.

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MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS

Attachments to two or more people. Most babies appear to develop multiple attachments once they have formed one true attachments to main carer.

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ANIMAL STUDIES

Studies are caried out on non-human animal species rather than on humans, either for ethical reasons or practical reasons - practical because animals breed faster and researchers are interested in seeing results across more than one genderation.

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LEARNING THEORY

A set of theories from the behaviourist approach to psychology that emphesises the role of learning in the acquisition of behaviour. Explanations include classical and operant conditioning.

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MONOTROPIC

A term sometimes used to describe Bowlby's theory.

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Mother and infant reflect both the actions and emotions of the other and do this in a co-ordinated (syncronised) way.

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