Liotti. Dissociation and Attachment

Liotti. Dissociation and Attachment

1. Pierre Janet

   • The working of human memory and consciousness is, basically, a creative act of meaning-making
   • Experiences that are too bizarre, painful, or terrifying are encoded in a separated system of "fixed ideas", are split off from normal consciousness, and cannot be integrated with the usual memory structures.
   • Lack of concern about motivational aspects of dissociation

2. John Bowlby's ethological-evolutionary approach to the study of motivation

   • Idea of innately based systems that control specific aspects of human behavior and the related emotions and thought
     • Interpersonal motivational systems
       • Care-seeking and care-giving
       • Competition, submission and dominance
       • Seductive and courtship behavior
       • Cooperation
       • Implicit or procedural knowledge