Bowlby's Attachment Theory

Question 1

What are the four attachments?

Answer 1

Secure, Avoidant, Ambivalent & Disorganised

Question 2

Stranger Anxiety

Answer 2

An infant’s wariness when a stranger such as an unfamiliar adult is present

Question 3

Separation Anxiety

Answer 3

When an infant shows signs of distress because they fear being apart from or losing a person or other attachment figure

Question 4

How does a child with a secure attachment act?

Answer 4

Secure, explorative, happy/comfortable, confident

Question 5

How does a child with avoidant attachment act?

Answer 5

Not very explorative, emotionally distant

Question 6

How does a child with ambivalent attachment act?

Answer 6

Anxious, insecure, angry

Question 7

How does a child with disorganised attachment act?

Answer 7

Depressed, angry, passive, non-responsive

Question 8

How responsive is a caregiver to the child’s needs with a secure attachment?

Answer 8

Quick to react, sensitive to child’s needs, consistently responsive

Question 9

How responsive is a caregiver to the child’s needs with an avoidant attachment?

Answer 9

Distant, disengages, unresponsive/dismissive to child’s needs

Question 10

How responsive is a caregiver to the child’s needs with an ambivalent attachment?

Answer 10

Responds to child inconsistently, sometimes sensitive, sometimes neglectful

Question 11

How responsive is a caregiver to the child’s needs with a disorganised attachment?

Answer 11

Extreme & erratic, frightened or frightening to a child, passive or intrusive to child