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Evaluation of Bowlby's theory of attachment
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- 1Evaluation point 1 for John Bowlby's theory for attachmentLorenz's imprinting study can be used as evidence to support Bowlby's theory
- 2Evaluation evidence 1Lorenz suggested that new-borns 'imprint' an image of the first moving object they see (usually their parents) within hours of being born which allows them to stick closely to this important source of protection and food. .
- 3Evaluation evidence 1 contAfter carrying out his experiment on newly hatched Greylag geese, Lorenz found that when shortly after hatching he was the first image the geese saw they followed him everywhere as he became their 'imprinted' parent
- 4Evaluation 1This us a positive as Lorenz's study supports Bowlby's theory providing evidence that attachment is innate
- 5Evaluation point 2 for John Bowlby's theory of attachmentHazen and Shaver's research supports Bowlby's theory.
- 6Evaluation evidence 2They found that, after participants were asked to answer a series of questions as part of the 'love quiz' which assessed their adult romantic relationships as well as their childhood relationship with their parents, there was a strong correlation between childhood attachment type and adult relationships
- 7Evaluation 2This is a positive as it supports Bowlby's theory that the 'internal working model' allows an infant to form an attachment template which then continues into adulthood
- 8Evaluation point 3However, Howes et al (1994) provide evidence against Bowlby's theory
- 9Evaluation evidence 3Evidence to dispute this comes from Howes et al (1994) who found that parent-child relationships were not necessarily the same as child-peer relationships. This means that Bowlby argued that early attachment forms the template (internal working model) for future relationships which leads us to expect children to form similar relationships with others.
- 10Evaluation 3This is problematic because it suggests children may possess more than one 'template' which can't be accounted for by Bowlby's theory.
- 11Evaluation point 4The Evolutionary Explanation, in particular the monotropy can be considered to be a socially sensitive idea.
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