LT3 - Monotropic Theory

LT3 - Monotropic Theory

1. AO1

   • General
     • Innate
       • Evolutionary Survival
         • Protects Infants from hazards
   • Social Releasers
     • Innate cute behaviours
       • Make adult feel love
       • Cooing, smiling
     • Encourage attention from adults
     • Integral to innate attachment and reciprocity
   • Critical period
     • 2 Years
       • Very challenging to form strong attachemtn otherwise
         • Long-term, irreversible consequences
           • Social + Emotional
     • Sensitive Period
       • CP was too restrictive
         • Overstating the matter
   • Internal Working Model
     • Mental representation
       • Model for future relationships
     • 1st Relationship = Reliable?
       • 1st Relationship = Abusive?
       • Expectation for future
     • Template
   • Monotropy
     • Innate Predisposition
       • One individaul
     • Mother
     • Insintcitve
     • Adaptive
       • 1 - Safety
         • 2 - Healthy Emotional Relationships, develops IWM
           • 3 - Secure base for exploration
       • Mother
         • Survival of genes
       • Infant
         • Survive to maturity, reproduce
     • More time with mother? The better.
       • Law of continuity
         • More constant and predictable the care is
           • Better attachment
       • Law of accumulated separation
         • Effects of separation add up
           • 'Safest dose is therefore zero dose'

2. AO3

   • Weaknesses
     • P: Temperament
       • E1: Child's genetically influenced personality
         • E2: Babies are inherently more anxious or more social due to genes (Kagan)
           • L: Lowers internal validity, research is measuring temperament, rather than attachment, a CV
   • Strengths
     • P: Supporting Evidence, Social Releasers
       • E1: Brazleton - Study 1: Obsvervations showed IS
         • E2: Study 2 - Parents forced to ignore Social releasers
           • E3: MOTIONLESS BABIES, distress
             • L: Strength of reaction proves Bowlby right
               • CP: Ethics?
     • P: Supporting Evidence, IWM
       • E1: Bailey et al - 99 mothers, 1 year old infants, Asked to report on their relationships with their parents
         • E2: Bad attachment with mother = bad attachment with own infant (via observation)
           • L: Credibility
             • EX: Attachment quality assessed by researcher, reduces SDB