Attachment: Bowlby's theory and maternal deprivation

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What does monotropic mean?
The need to create a strong bond with a single person
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What is the critical period for an infant in this theroy?
Two years
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What happens if a attachment is not formed by two years?
The infant will struggle to form attachments later in life
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What is the law of continuity?
The more constant and predictable a child's care, the better the quality of their attachment
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What is the law of accumulated separation?
The idea that the effects of every separation from a mother "add up" i.e. their effects stack
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what are social releasers?
Innate "cute" behaviours that attract adult attention and encourage attachment
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