Attachment

Attachment

1. Caregiver-infant interactions in humans

   • reciprocity
   • Interactional Synchrony
   • Role of the Father
   • Multiple attachments

2. Stages of attachment - Schaffer

3. Animal studies

   • Lorenz
   • Harlow

4. Explanations of attachment:

   • learning theory
   • Bowlby’s monotropic theory
     • critical period
     • internal working model

5. Ainsworth’s ‘Strange Situation'

   • Types of attachment
     • secure
     • insecure-avoidant
     • insecure-resistant
   • Cultural variations in attachment
     • van Ijzendoorn

6. Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation

   • Romanian orphan studies
     • Effects of institutionalisation

7. influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships

   • role of an internal working model