Attachment

Attachment

1. Key concepts

   • Bonding
   • Separation protest
   • Stranger anxiety
   • Strange situation
   • Attachment types
     • Insecure ambivalent
     • Insecure avoidant
     • Secure attachment

2. Core study

   • Hazen and Shaver
     • Aim
     • Procedure
     • Results

3. Core theory

   • Bowlby's theory
     • Monotropy
     • Critical period
     • Deprivation
     • Privation
   • Crtisisms
     • Children can develop attachments after the age of three
     • The effects of deprivation can be reversed
     • Research has found that children can have multiple attachments

4. Alternative theory

   • The behaviourist theory
     • Attachment is learnt through experiences

5. Application of research

   • Care of children in hospitals