Attachment

Attachment

1. Animal Studies

   • Harlow -
   • Lorenz

2. Ainsworth’s ‘Strange Situation’

   • Types of attachment
     • insecure-avoidant
     • insecure-resistant
     • secure
   • Cultural variations in attachment, van Ijzendoorn

3. Explanations of attachment

   • learning theory
   • Bowlby’s monotropic theory

4. Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation

5. Effects of institutionalisation

6. The influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships