Attachment

Attachment

1. Attachment

   • Learning Theory
     • Classical and Operant Conditioning
     • Evaluations
   • Bowlby-Evolutionary Advantage
     • Adaptive, Social Releasers, Critical Period, Monotropy, Internal Working Model
     • Evaluations
   • Definition and Types
     • A strong emotional and reciprocal bond that occurs usually between a child and their caregiver
     • Secure; insecure avoidant, insecure resistant
       • Ainsworth and Bell- The Strange Situation
       • Caregiver Sensitivity Hypothesis
       • Temperament hypothesis
   • Disruption of Attachment
     • Privation
       • Complete lack of attachment
       • Czech Twins
       • Genie
       • Rutter et al
       • Evaluations
         • Some individuals do recover from privation
     • Deprivation
       • Loss of attachment
       • Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis
         • Bowlby-1953
       • 44 Thieves- Bowlby 1944
       • Children in Brief seperation
         • Robertson and Robertson- 1971
       • Evaluation
         • Deprivation doesn't always lead to maladjustment
         • Separation due to familial discord was determinant of delinquency rather than separation alone
         • Privation rather than deprivation is more likely to have irreversible effects

2. Attachment in everyday life