attachment

attachment

1. Robertson and Robertson

   • disruption, attachment has been made but broken
   • not reliable
   • cant compare it to population, individual differences
   • visial changes in practical areas e.g hospitals
   • separation doesn't allows lead to emotuional deprivation
     • they filmed various children under 3 during separate seprations, john became overwhelmed and became very frightened, he became more and more withdrawn and often showed out bursts towards his mother months after
   • low in population validity

2. Curtis, genie

   • privation, there has never been an attachment before
   • genie father believed she was retarded, he kept her in a room, strapped her to a high chair with a built in potty seat
   • she wasn't allowed to play with toys, or other , she was beaten if she made noise
   • she wasn't found until she was 13 an a half, she could stand straight, she could only make animal noises and couldn't speak due to lack of communication between people, she never fully recovered mentally or socially even after being placed in foster care

3. day care

   • care of children under school age
   • ratio of children to every staff member decreases the younger the child is to ensure to long term effects of critical period aren't felt
   • which form of day care is best, depends partly on the age of the child, type of existing attachment bond, childs temperament and quality of day care
   • good quality day care
     • individual differences which will contribute towards the impact of day care
     • careers should be able to respond effectively
     • quality of day care itself
     • day care compared to home environment
     • physical provisions, clean, light, warm
     • educational toys
     • staff are well trained