Flashcards
attachment
Flashcards do conjunto (12)
- 1what is an attachment?a strong long lasting bond
- 2what are the two measures of attachment?stranger anxiety and separation protest
- 3three attachment types?secure, insecure ambivalent and insecure avoidant
- 4What to remember for Bowlby's theory...instinctive - to aid survival
monotropy
critical period - negative effects if no bond
internal working model
privation - moved foster homes / neglect
deprivation - losing contact with parent
irreversible effects - depression / aggression & affectionless psychopaths - 5criticisms of Bowlbycritical period is too narrow - just preferable
effects of deprivation are not irreversible - czech twins
evidence against idea of monotropy - grandparents - 6Behaviourist theory...not instinctive - reinforcement (consequences)
if consequence is positive = repeated
infants smiling, gazing = caregivers attention, food
rewarding for both (positive r) = repeated learn to attach
neglect = nothing rewarding = avoided - 7application...skin-to-skin
midwives get babies to mothers asap
opportunity to bond
improve relationship
benefit child in short term and makes template for future relationships - 8aim for hazen and shavercorrelation between early attachment types and adult relationships
- 9procedure of hazen and shaverlove quiz in local newspaper
two variables: early att type with checklist
romantic relations in adulthood with multichoice
620 responses
opportunity sample of ages 14-82 - 10results of hazen and shaverinfant att type = 56% secure, 25% insecure av, 19% insecure amb
strikingly high correlation
adults secure= happy, trusting, no divorce
adults insecure av= afraid of intimacy, highs and lows, jealousy, alone
adults insecure amb= obsession, sexual attraction, extreme jealousy, divorce - 11conclusion of hazen and shaverclear correlation between type of attachment in infancy and types of intimate relationships in adulthood
shows long term effects of attachment - 12criticisms of hazen and shaveropportunity sample unrepresentative - only certain people returned it
rely too much on respondents giving honest answers - recall infancy, lie or cover up
used closed multichoice q's which may not have gone into enough depth - complicated, no explanation