Attachment: Key Terms

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A type of disorganised attachment where children do not discriminate between people they choose as attachment figures. Rutter found this type of attachment in his study of Romanian orphans.
Disinhibited Attachment
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The primary attachment becomes a template on which all future relatioships are based.
Internal Working Model
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Social behaviours or characteristics that elicit a care giving reaction in adults.
Social Releasers
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When an attachment was formed but is later disturbed.
Deprivation
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shown by an infant when separated from his/her primary attachment figure.
Separation Anxiety
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Kagan proposed that children form secure attachments simply because they have an easier to relate to than others. Whereas innately difficult children are more likely to form insecure attachments
Temperament
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Town where Schaffer and Emerson carried out their research.
Glasgow
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The British psychologist who carried out research on Romanian orphans adopted in the UK
Rutter
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When a child has never formed any attachment.
Privation
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Carried out research on attachment in monkeys.
Harlow
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The most common type of attachment in all cultures.
Secure Attachment
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The primary attachment becomes a template on which all future relatioships are based.

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Internal Working Model

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Social behaviours or characteristics that elicit a care giving reaction in adults.

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Card 4

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When an attachment was formed but is later disturbed.

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Card 5

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shown by an infant when separated from his/her primary attachment figure.

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