Bowlby monotropic theory

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  • Created on: 27-04-17 20:40
What is this theory based of?
The work of Lorenz, Harlow
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what is meant by innate system?
attachment is biologically programmed into babies from birth in order to help them to survive
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what is meant by babies wanting to seek proximity?
wants to be close to carer for safety as it protect them from hazards
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what is meant by monotropy?
infants have one special emotional bond, normally with the biological mother
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what is the internal working model?
importance of monotropy is that, for a child this special relationship forms a mental representation or a model for what a relationship is like and has a powerful effect of future relationships and ability to be a parent themselves
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what is meant by the continuity hypothesis?
individuals who are strongly attached as children continue to be socially and emotionally competent in a relationship and with their own children. infants with poor attachments have more social and emotional difficulties in childhood and adulthood
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what are social releasers?
innate mechanisms so natural characteristics or behaviours of babies such as baby faces/cuteness, crying, smiling, clinging
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how do you remember all of the factors of bowlby's theory?
CR.I.M.P.S
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how does Harlow support bowlby's theory?
baby monkeys would mothers covered in cloth rather than a wire model that could feed it. monkeys spent most of their time (22/24hrs) clinging to the towelling mother, they went on to be bad mothers if only wire mother, support ip+mon+iwm
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how does schaffer and emerson contradict the idea of monotropy?
by 18 months only 13% of the babies were attached to one person and many of the infants had as many as 5 attachment figures
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how does lamb contradict monotropy?
infants had different attachments for different purposes rather than certain attachments being more important than others; fathers for play and mothers for comfort
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how does hazan and shaver support the internal working model?
infants who had been securely attached when children went on to have happy, lasting and trusting relationships as adults, yet insecurely attached infants had less successful adult relationships
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how does bailey support the idea of the internal working model?
99 mothers with 1yr old babies who when intervened reported having poor attachments to their own parents were more likely to be classified as having a poor attachment with their own babies during observations
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how does the concept of monotropy neglect the role of the father?
suggests that the father can't play the role of the primary caregiver as bowlby suggests it's the mother or female substitute.
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