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Explanations of attachment: Bowlby's theory
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- 1What is Bowlby's theory of attachment?That Attachment is an innate system that gives animals a survival advantage
- 2How do you explain natural selection?Traits which offered our ancestors a survival advantage would be passed on to offspring.
- 3What is the process of infants wanting to be close to their parents?Proximity-seeking
- 4What does monotropic attachment mean?One attachment which is special or unique from other attachments.
- 5What does a monotropic attachment create?A good internal working model
- 6What are social releasers?a set of innate 'cute' behaviors that's purpose is to activate the adult attachment system.
- 7What is a critical period?A critical period of time where the baby can attach to a figure
- 8How long is the critical period?The critical period is 2 years
- 9What is the internal working model?It provides a template for future attachments.
- 10What is a strength of Bowlby's theory?Brazleton et al: studied interactional synchrony, and told the mothers not to respond to the infants behaviour. The babies appeared to be distressed.
- 11What is another strength of Bowbly's theory?Fox: research into israeli communal farms where infants are brought up by nurses and only spend around 3 hours a day with their parents. The infants still showed a monotropic bond with their mothers though.
- 12What is a stength of the internal working model?Bailey et al: assessed 99 mothers with one year old babies on the quality of their attachment to their own mothers. mother who reported poor relationships with their mothers were likely to have a poor relationship with their infant
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- MY flashcards on Bowlby's theory of attachment - AQA psychology
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