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theories of attachment
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theories of attachment
Learning theory
- infants have no innate ability to form attachments they learn through food.
- Harlows monkeys and Lorenz Goslings go against this
evolutionary theory
- the tendancy to form attachments is innatend founf in babies and mums
classical conditioning- learning through association
operant conditioning- learning via consequence
Bowlbys theory of attachment
- Bowlbys theory states that we grom innate attachments with our mothers for survival. However, this attachment must be formed within the critical period, which for humans is betwwen birth and 2 years or an attchment will not be formed. Bowlby put forward the idea of MONOTROPY, the idea that we form a strong attachment to 1 particular adult. The mother must respond to spcial releases if she wants to become the primary care giver. The first attachment formed serves as a framework for all other attachments. this is the internal working model.
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- EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT: lorenz goslings- supports the idea of imprinting and having an innate attachment, they stay close to their parent to survive and for food. And one strong attachments for monotropy
- however, human brain is more complex interms of attachments we cant extrapolate to humans
- HAZEN AND SHAVERS LOVE QUIZ- supports IWM was a link between the type of chidhood people had and their future relationships
- RUTTER: MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS ARE NORM- infants form attachments with multiple adults, not just the mother, going against monotropy.
- LAMB- infants have secure attachments with the fathers,grandparents and siblings, we form secure attachments with those closest to us , but these may vary (father for play)
- SHAFFER AND EMERSON. found children form attachments with other people shortly after the specific attachment. these prove to be just as valuable to the child
- INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES- izendoorn cross cultural studies- if attachments were innate there would be no variance between cultures
- EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT: lorenz goslings- supports the idea of imprinting and having an innate attachment, they stay close to their parent to survive and for food. And one strong attachments for monotropy
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- Bowlbys theory states that we grom innate attachments with our mothers for survival. However, this attachment must be formed within the critical period, which for humans is betwwen birth and 2 years or an attchment will not be formed. Bowlby put forward the idea of MONOTROPY, the idea that we form a strong attachment to 1 particular adult. The mother must respond to spcial releases if she wants to become the primary care giver. The first attachment formed serves as a framework for all other attachments. this is the internal working model.
