Developmental Psychology 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyAttachmentASAQA Created by: EmilyCreated on: 17-05-13 15:37 Attachment A two-way, enduring, emotional tie to a specific other person. 1 of 15 Cupboard Love Theory Attachments formed with people who feed infants. 2 of 15 Imprinting A form of attachment where offspring follow the first large moving object encountered. 3 of 15 Critical Period A specific time period within which an attachment must form. 4 of 15 Social Releasers Infant social behaviours stimulating adult interaction and care giving. 5 of 15 Monotropy An innate tendency to become attached to one particular adult (usually the mother). 6 of 15 Strange Situation An observational testing procedure measuring the quality of attachments. 7 of 15 Stranger Anxiety Distress shown by infants when in the presence of unfamiliar persons. 8 of 15 Securely Attached Willing to explore, high stranger anxiety, easy to soothe and enthusiastic on return of the care-giver. 9 of 15 Insecure Avoidant Willing to explore, low stranger anxiety, indifferent to separation and avoided contact at return of care-giver. 10 of 15 Insecure Resistant Unwilling to explore, high stranger anxiety, distressed at separation and sought and rejected contact at the return of care-giver. 11 of 15 Continuity Hypothesis The idea that there is consistency between early emotional experiences and later relationships. 12 of 15 Affectionless Psychopathy Lacking a social conscience. 13 of 15 Deprivation Separation from an attachment figure. 14 of 15 Privation Never having formed an attachment. 15 of 15
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