Week 6, Day 2

Question 1

what does attachment have to do with emotion?

Answer 1

1. most of our most basic emotions arise in our closest social relationships
2. best and worst exps of our lives: 72% involve close others (fam/friends)
3. our exps of emotion are shaped by our exps in our social relationships

Question 2

bowlby

Answer 2

1. claims that what happens in psych of emotion is very similar to what happens in psych of close relationships social bonds
   a. Formation of bond: falling in love
   b. Maintence: loving someone
   c. Losing partner: grieving
   d. Threat of loss is anxiety
   e. Actual loss is sorrow
   f. Each situation can arouse anger

Question 3

why are social bonds so important? What do other researchers say?

Answer 3

emotions in social relationships- shake up the system

Question 4

what happens when relationships are broken?

Answer 4

1. 1950s put child in nursery/orphanage when you had another child common practice
2. movie
   a. for several weeks after returning home, John still showed extreme upset/refused mom’s comfort
   b. had severe temper tantrums
   c. any reminder of the nursery would make him incredibly upset
   d. many months later, he continued to be acutely anxious if he didn’t know where his mother was and to have outbursts of hostility against her
   e. even at age six, still seemed anxious sand unsure of mother’s love

Question 5

Harlow

Answer 5

b. Without the distraction of mother-infant interactions…but whenever he separated the infants from their mothers, they became highly distressed.
i. Harlow’s Hypothesis: if attachment to a mother was based on feeding, infants should prefer whichever mother gave them food.
ii. Conclusion: attachment is not all about food; contact comfort is more important.

Question 6

attachment theory

Answer 6

1. Attachment: an enduring emotional tie to a person, characterized by a tendency to seek and maintain closeness, especially during times of stress
2. Function of attachment: security!
   a) Attachment figure acts as a “safe haven” providing a sense of safety
   b) Attachment figure acts as a “secure base” so that children can explore the world