Chapter 5 Determined To Love?

Question 1

Attachment

Answer 1

A relatively long term, emotionally important relationship in which one individual seeks proximity to and derives security and comfort from the presence of another

Question 2

Ethology

Answer 2

The study of animal behaviour under natural conditions

Question 3

Innate

Answer 3

Relating to a behaviour, disposition or characteristic that is present from birth

Question 4

Evolved predispositions

Answer 4

A behavioural tendency that increases an organisms chances of survival and reproductive success

Question 5

Imprinting

Answer 5

An innate system that allows rapid learning to occur in animals immediately after birth. It involves developing attachment to a specific individual or object

Question 6

Sensitive responses

Answer 6

Tendency in children to bond with persons who respond most sensitively to their signals

Question 7

Strange situation

Answer 7

A way of assessing attachment security in a laboratory setting. It consists of a standardised set of episodes involving a child, their mother and a stranger in a sequence of separations and reunions

Question 8

Ecological validity

Answer 8

The extent to which a study reflects naturally occurring or everyday situations

Question 9

Maternal deprivation hypothesis

Answer 9

The idea developed by John Bowlby that any separation of a child from its mother of a week or more before the age of five will have negative long term effects for children