Attachment

Attachment

1. Attachment is an affection tie that is formed between one person/ animal and a specific other

2. Background

   • There are three main qualities
     • Proximity seeking - wanting to be close to that person
     • Separation anxiety-feeling anxious when they are not there
     • Happiness at reunion
   • 3 main areas
     • Theories
       • Behaviourist
         • believe that everything is learnt by classical conditioning
         • Attachment at a young age is formed upon being given something by a caere
       • Drive theory
         • Bowlby (1950) believed in the idea of Freud, that we all have drives - life drive, sex drive and aggression drive
         • We have a need to survive and therefore we attach onto something which allows us to survive
         • Similarly, a mothers wants her offspirng to survive so she attaches herself onto them
         • This theory suggests it is innate so biological
     • stages
     • Types
       • Some forms of attachment are more positive than others. The type of attachement is dependant on parenting style
       • Ainsworth
         • He suggested that there are 3 types of attachment
           • Secure
           • Insecure Avoidant
           • Insecure resistant