Attachment Key Term Quiz

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An emotional bond between two people.
attachment
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The person who has formed the closest bond with the child.
primary attachment figure
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Refers to the characteristics that are inborn.
innate
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The idea that emotionally secure infants become emotionally secure adults.
continuity hypothesis
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An innate readiness to develop a strong bond with a mother figure.
imprinting
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The idea that the one relationship that the infant has with the primary attachment figure is of special significance.
monotropy
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A social behaviour or characteristic that elicits a caregiving reaction.
social releasers
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This is a strong and comitted attachment of an infant to a caregiver.
secure attachment
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The distress shown by an infant when seperated from the primary attachment figure.
seperation anxiety
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The distress shown by an infant when approached by someone unfamiliar.
stranger anxiety
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The lack of having any attachment due to the failure to develop attachments in early life
privation
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A form of temporary care not given by family members and usually outside the home.
day care
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The person who has formed the closest bond with the child.

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primary attachment figure

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Refers to the characteristics that are inborn.

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The idea that emotionally secure infants become emotionally secure adults.

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An innate readiness to develop a strong bond with a mother figure.

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