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- 1ImprintingA theory by Bowlby. It is when a newborn copies and mimics the movements of the first thing they see (usually their mother) and therefore become visually and emotionally attached, enabling their survival
- 2AttachmentInfant should have a warm, continuous loving relationship with one person. It is a two-way process; the main care giver will attach to the child, and vice versa
- 3DeprivationInfant has formed an attachment with main care giver, but attachment is broken for either a short or long-period of time
- 4PrivationInfant has not formed any attachment and will lack almost all types of socialization (e.g. Genie)
- 5Evolution TheoryBehavior is due to the need to survive to reproduce genes, and behavior passed through genes. Survival of the fittest - innate tendency to attach and bond, enabling survival (Bowlby)
- 6DaycareType of separation and deprivation used to describe any situation where a child is cared for by someone other than parents for some part of the day (e.g. Ainsworth)
- 7Separation AnxietyWhen separated from attachment figure, child will seek them out for comfort and show distress, which has the effect of drawing the attachment figure back to the infant - useful survival mechanism
- 8InnateAttachment is biologically pre-programmed into children at birth
- 9Precocial SpeciesRefers to species in which young are relatively mature and mobile from moment of birth/hatching
- 10Proximity-Promoting behaviorsAttachments will form with those who respond to child's signals => social releasers to which adults are biologically attuned to
- 11Social ReleasersInfants are born with certain characteristics which elicit care giving
- 12MonotropyA special attachment figure that is more important than others
- 13Critical periodAttachment takes place between first 2 years of life
Strong relationship with one person should continue unbroken for the first 2 years of life if adverse effects are to be avoided - 14Internal working modelRepresents a mental concept/schema of what a relationship should be like
- 15Affectionless PsychopathyBroken attachment lead to delinquency and a lack of guilt and regard for their consequences of their actions
e.g. Bowlby's 44 juvenile thieves study
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