Attachments

Attachments

1. 5 Key behaviours attachments are characterised by

   • Seeking proximity
   • Seeking involvement
   • Separation anxiety
   • Joy on reunion
   • Stranger anxiety

2. 'a close emotional bond between two people characterised by a mutual affection and a desire to maintain closeness'

   • Schaffer, 1993

3. Reciprocity

   • 'matched turntaking'
   • where one persons interaction causes the other to show a matched response

4. Interactional synchrony