Attachment Flashcards
(183 cards)
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4 words that describe attachment
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Strong Enduring Emocional Reciprocal bond between two people
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What is reciprocity?
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Responding to the actions of another
Kind of conversation
One action elicits a response from another
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What is interactional synchrony?
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The way people mirror each others actions
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Who did the study into interactional synchrony?
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Mettzoff and Moore
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When was the study into interactional synchrony?
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1977
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Who were the participants in the study into interactional synchrony?
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Babies aged 3-4 weeks and their parents
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What 4 actions did the parents show their babies in the study into interactional synchrony?
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Mouth open
Mouth closed
Tongue out
Tongue in
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What was the role of the researcher in the study into interactional synchrony?
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Babies responses were recorded and shown to the researcher who tallied the babies responses into behavioural categories, without knowing the parents actions
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What were the findings of the study into interactional synchrony?
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Results of 0.92
Strong correlation
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What is a strength of the study into interactional synchrony?
Highlights importance of…
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Highlights the importance of early care and attachment as it proves attachment occurs immediately
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What is a limitation of the study into interactional synchrony?
Jean Piaget
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Jean Piaget called this study pseudo (false) as she proposed infants are only capable of true imitation at the end of their first year
Before this, its response training which is when an infant repeats behaviour because it gets rewarded with smiling and attention (operant conditioning) rather than consciously translating what they’ve seen
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What is response training?
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When an infant repeats behaviour because it gets rewarded with smiling and attention (operant conditioning) rather than consciously translating what they’ve seen
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What is a limitation of the study into interactional synchrony?
Testing infant behaviour
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As babies mouths are constantly in motion, it is difficult to distinguish between whether the tested expressions happened consciously or naturally
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Who did the study into stages of attachment?
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Schaffer and Emerson
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When was the study into stages of attachment?
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1964
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Who were the participants in the study into stages of attachment?
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60 infants aged 5-23 weeks to 1 year old From working class families in Glasgow
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Who and when was the information supplied in the study into stages of attachment?
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Data was supplied from the mothers every 4 weeks
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What is stage 1 of the stage model?
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Indiscriminate attachment
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When does stage 1 of the stage model occur?
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Up to 3 months
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What are key features of stage 1 of the stage model?
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Infant is not attached to a particular caregiver
Babies respond equally to all caregivers
Does not display separation or stranger anxiety
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What is stage 2 of the stage model?
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The beginnings of attachment
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When does stage 2 of the stage model occur?
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Around 4 months
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What are key features of stage 2 of the stage model?
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Infants learn to distinguish between primary and secondary caregivers
Accept care from anyone
Does not display separation or stranger anxiety
Characterised by general sociability (enjoys being with people)
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What is stage 3 of the stage model?
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Specific/ discriminate attachment
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When does stage 3 of the stage model occur?
After 7 months
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What are key features of stage 3 of the stage model?
Infant looks to particular people (primary and secondary caregivers) for security and protection
Displays separation and stranger anxiety
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At what stage of the stage model does separation and stranger anxiety begin?
Stage 3
| Specific/ discriminate attachment
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What is stage 4 of the stage model?
Multiple attachments
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When does stage 4 of the stage model occur?
By the age of 1 year
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What are key features of stage 4 of the stage model?
Infant becomes increasingly independent
Forms several attachments, such as to siblings and grandparents
Displays separation and stranger anxiety
Displays separation anxiety with both primary and secondary caregiver
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What is a strength of the stage model?
| Allowed them to...
Allowed them to make a stage model which is still used today to identify and analyse behaviour and underdevelopment
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What is a limitation of the stage model?
| Mothers reports
The results are based on mothers reports of their infants
This means they could be affected by social desirability bias as they may of stated false information to look better
Evidence wasn't gained scientifically which decreases validity
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What is a limitation of the stage model?
| Out of date research
Arguably out of date research as the study was conducted in the 1960s
At this time, there was a patriarchal society in which the father had long working hours and mothers were left at home to be the primmer caregiver
As society has changed substantially in the last 60 years, there may be different results if the study was repeated today
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What is a limitation of the stage model?
| Psychological harm
The stage model states what a child should be achieving at a certain age
If they are not, this could lead the parents to believe they are 'bad parents', causing emotional and psychological harm
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What is a limitation of the stage model?
| Can't be generalised
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The study used a small sample of 60 babies from working class families in Glasgow
This means there is a cultural and class bias so cannot be generalised to the wider population
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What did Lamb propose was the role of the father?
1977
The patriarchal society meant that men had longer working hours and so spent less time with their infants, meaning the mother was most often the primary caregiver
Biological factors include the production of oestrogen in women (and not men) making fathers less sensitive to infants cues
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What did Geiger propose was the role of the father?
More of a playmate
| Stimulates Childs adventurous side and helps with role playing and risk taking characteristics
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What is ethology?
The scientific and objective study of animal behaviour in natural conditions
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What is Lorenz definition of imprinting?
The evolved and innate ability of animals to make attachments to the first thing they see
Provides protection and encourages learning of survival behaviour
Usually the biological mother
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What year was Lorenz' study into imprinting?
1935
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What was the aim of Lorenz' study into imprinting?
To investigate imprinting in grey lag geese
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Who were the participants in Lorenz' study into imprinting?
A clutch of grey lag geese
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How many groups were the geese split into in Lorenz' study into imprinting?
The geese were split into two groups:
| Half were returned to the natural mother and the other half were placed in an incubator
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What was the procedure of Lorenz' study into imprinting?
A clutch of grey lag geese were split into 2 groups
Half were returned to the natural mother and the other half were placed in an incubator
When the incubator eggs hatched, the first thing the geese saw was Lorenz
They then continually followed him around which indicated imprinting had occurred
To test this further, Lorenz later put all the geese and their natural mother in the same room
Whoever was present at hatching was who the goslings followed
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What were the findings of Lorenz' study into imprinting?
Lorenz found that imprinting occurred in a critical period of 48 hours, although his geese imprinted within 14 hours
If the animal is not exposed to a moving object within the critical period then imprinting will not occur
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What is a strength of Lorenz' study into imprinting?
| Natural experiment
As an ethologist, Lorenz used a natural experiment in which he studied the geese in their natural conditions and environment
This increases the ecological validity of the study
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What is a strength of Lorenz' study into imprinting?
Further support by...
(cheep cheep)
Further support by Guiton (1960) exposed leghorn chicks to yellow rubber gloves whilst feeding so that they imprinted on them
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What is a limitation of Lorenz' study into imprinting?
| Cannot be generalised
The results of this study cannot be generalised to other animals or humans as only one breed of geese were used
There is no evidence that other species would display the same results
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What is a limitation of Lorenz' study into imprinting?
| Extraneous variables
There was no control over extraneous variables as this was a natural experiment
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Who studied the origins of love and attachment?
Harlow
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When was the study into the origins of love?
1958
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What was the aim of the study into the origins of love?
To disprove the learning theory (which proposed attachments occurred due to a feeding bond)
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Who were the participants in the study into the origins of love?
8 rhesus monkeys that were studied for a period of 165 days
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What was the procedure of the study into the origins of love?
The 8 rhesus monkeys were each exposed to 2 'mothers' which were dome- shaped wire figures with constructed monkey- like faces
There was a cloth mother and a wire mother
In condition 1, a milk bottle was placed on the wire mother and in condition 2 it was put on the cloth mother
The time spent on each mother was measured
Reactions of the infant monkeys when scared (e.g. mechanical bear introduced) were also measured to see which mother the monkey would run to
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What were the findings of the study into the origins of love?
All 8 monkeys spent the most time on the cloth mother regardless of where the milk bottle was- often up to 18 hours a day
They often went to the wire mother to drink, then straight to cloth mother
They all ran straight to cloth mother when scared
This disproves the learning theory as it proves that comfort is more important than food
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What is a strength of the study into the origins of love?
| Disproves...
Research into attachment that disproves the learning theory
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What is a strength of the study into the origins of love?
| Animal studies
Harlow was able to do studies that can't be done on humans
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What is a strength of the study into the origins of love?
| Lab study
This was a lab study so not affected by extraneous variables
| High internal validity
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What is a limitation of the study into the origins of love?
| Confounding variables
There are confounding variables which cannot be planned for but affects the measurements/ DV
This refers to the different 'faces' of the mothers which the monkeys may have perceived as more or less comforting or natural
This could explain why the monkeys preferred the cloth mother, but cannot be tested
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What is a limitation of the study into the origins of love?
| Cannot be generalised
The results cannot be generalised to humans as animals have different cognitive functions and physiology (bodies)
If done on humans, the results of the study may differ
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What is a limitation of the study into the origins of love?
| Animal studies
Ethical issues as the infant monkeys suffered emotional harm
Also effected their later ability to mate and form bonds
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What is a limitation of the study into the origins of love?
| Lab study
As this was a lab study that took place in an artificial setting, the results have low ecological validity as the monkeys may have acted unnaturally
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What approach is the learning theory as an explanation
for attachment?
Biological, behaviourist or cognitive
Behaviourist
| Suggests we learn from our environment and through nurture
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What is the learning theory as an explanation for attachment?
We learn all behaviours from our environment
Children are 'blank slates' (tabula rosa)
Everything they have learnt can be explained by experiences they have had
Includes cupboard love theory
Can be explained by classical and operant conditioning
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What is the cupboard love theory?
Attachment is based on provision of food
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How can the learning theory be explained through classical conditioning?
Before conditioning
Before conditioning:
The food is a UCS (unconditioned stimulus) that causes a UCR (unconditioned response) of feeding pleasure and the mother is an NS (neutral stimulus) as she causes no response
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How can the learning theory be explained through classical conditioning?
During conditioning
The mother (NS) is consistently paired with the food (UCS) which causes pleasure (UCR)
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How can the learning theory be explained through classical conditioning?
After conditioning
The mother and milk both become a CS (conditioned response) that causes a CR (conditioned response) of pleasure, so the infant will seek the mother
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How can the learning theory be explain through operant conditioning?
Positive reinforcement
Any behaviour that produces a pleasant consequence or reward which makes it more likely for the behaviour to be repeated
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How can the learning theory be explain through operant conditioning?
Negative reinforcement
Behaviour that switches off something unpleasant is likely to be repeated
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Who proposed the drive reduction theory and when?
Dollard and Miller
| 1950
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What type of conditioning is the drive reduction theory a part of?
Explains how attachment occurs due to operant conditioning
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What is the process of the drive reduction theory?
1. Hungry infant feels uncomfortable which creates a drive (motivation) to reduce this discomfort
2. When the infant is fed, this discomfort of hunger is reduced (negative reinforcement) and feelings of pleasure are produced (positive reinforcement)
3. Food becomes the primary reinforcer because it supplies the reward
4. The person who supplies the food (primary reinforcer) is associated with avoiding discomfort so becomes a secondary reinforcer
An attachment occurs because the infant seeks the person who can supply the reward
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How can the drive ruction theory cause an attachment to form?
The person who supplies the food (primary reinforcer) is associated with avoiding discomfort so becomes a secondary reinforcer
An attachment occurs because the infant seeks the person who can supply the reward
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What is a strength of the learning theory?
| Further research into...
Further research into classical and operant conditioning proves that we do learn from these methods
This includes Pavlovs dogs and Skinners rat box
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What is a strength of the learning theory?
| Strong argument for...
Provides a strong argument for the nurture side of the nature- nurture debate
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What is a limitation of the learning theory?
| Cannot be generalised
As the results are based on animal studies (Pavlovs dogs and Skinners rat box), they can't be generalised to humans as they have different cognitive functions and physiology (bodies)
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What is a limitation of the learning theory?
| Ignores other research
Ignores other research that suggests other factors lead to attachments, such as Harlows rhesus monkeys how spent up to 18 hours a day on the cloth mothers as they provided comfort, rather than food
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What approach was Bowlbys explanation for attachment?
| Biological, behaviourist or cognitive
Biological
| Suggests attachment is innate and evolutionary
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What are Bowlbys 5 monotropic explanations for attachment?
| ASCMI
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Adaptive
Social releases
Critical period
Monotropy
Inner working model
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What does Bowlbys adaptive explanation for attachment propose?
Proposes that attachment is innate and evolutionary
Attachment behaviours in babies and their caregiver have adapted through natural selection to ensure the baby services to reach maturity and reproduce
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What does Bowlbys social releases explanation for attachment propose?
Proposes that we have developed social releases
In babies, this is crying and smiling which encourages caregiver to look after them
Parents, especially mothers, posses instincts designed to protect their baby from harm and to nurture them to ensure survival to maturity
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What does Bowlbys critical period explanation for attachment propose?
The process attachment takes place within a critical period during the first 2 1/2 years of the child's life, with attachment starting at around 6 months
Attachments between caregivers and infants should not be broken or disrupted for any reason during this critical period or there would be consequences
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What does Bowlbys monotropic explanation for attachment propose?
Monotropy suggests a single attachment to one iron who is most important to the baby
Bowlby did not deny that babies formed multiple attachments, but he believed that for every infant, one relationship is more important than the rest
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How was Bowlbys inner working model an explanation for attachment?
The first attachment between infant and caregiver provides the child with an internal working model/ template for their future relationships
he child builds up a model of themselves as loveable or not, and a model of there caregiver as trustworthy or not
This begins in early childhood and influences a child's later relationships through to adulthood
Referred to as the continuity hypothesis
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What is a strength of Bowlbys monotropic explanation for attachment?
Further research
Further research support can be found in Lorenz work on imprinting which showed the the geese imprinted immediately on a monotropic figure, which was either himself or the natural mother
This also showed there was a critical period
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What is a strength of Bowlbys monotropic explanation for attachment?
Led to changes
His work led to changes in the way we see the important of attachment
Infants are now adopted as early as possible
Changes to maternity leave to support early attachment
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What is a limitation of Bowlbys monotropic explanation for attachment?
Critical period
A criticism of the term 'critical period'
Michael Rutter proposed it should be renamed 'sensitive period', as many individuals that had poor early attachment experiences have gone on to have successful later relationships
States that bowl by is deterministic and fails to recognise free will, as it deems some people to a poor adulthood, which s untrue
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Who conducted the study into types of attachment?
Ainsworth
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What was the name of the study into types of attachment?
The Strange Siuation
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When was the strange situation study conducted?
1970s
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What psychologist was Ainsworth a student of?
Bowlby
| She wanted to extend his research into attchment
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What was the aim of he strange situation study?
To investigate the different types of attachemnt between babies and caregivers
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Who were the participants of the strange situation study?
Mothers and their infants aged between 9-18 months
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Where did the strange situation study take place?
A small room with chairs and bby toys
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How many episodes did the procedure have?
The procedure had 8 episodes
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What generally happened in the episodes?
The infants responses were measured and recorede
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How long did the episodes last?
Episode 1 lasted 30 seconds, with the others lasting around 3 minutes
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What 4 attachemt behaviours were being tested?
Parent as a secure base
Stramnger anxiety
Se[aration anxiety
Reunion behaviour
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What happened in episode 1 of the strange situation?
The researcher introduces parentt and baby to playroom, then leaves
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What happened in episode 2 of the strange situation?
The parent is seated while bby plays with toys
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What attachment behaviour was being tested in episode 2 of the strange situation?
Parent as a secure base
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What happened in episode 3 of the strange situation?
The stranger enters, is seated and talks to parent
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What attachemnt behaviour was being tested in episode 3 of the strange situation?
Stranger anxiety
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What happened in episode 4 of the strange situation?
The parent leaves the room and the stranger responds to the baby by offering comfort if necessary
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What attachment behavioir was being tested in episode 4 of the strange situation?
Separation anxiety
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What happened in episode 5 of the strange situation?
The parent returns, greet baby and offers comfort is necessary
The stranger leaves the room
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What attachment behaviour was being tested in episode 5 of the strange situation?
Reunion behaviour
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What happened in episode 6 of the strange situation?
The parent leaves the room
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What attachment behaviour was being tested in episode 6 of the strange situaion?
Separation anxiety
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What happened in episode 7 of the strange situation?
The stranger enters the room and responds to the baby by offering comfort if necessary
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What attachment behaviour was being tested in episode 7 of the strange situation?
Stranger anxiety
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What happened in episode 8 of the strange situation?
The parent returns, greets baby, offers comfort if necesary and tries to reinterst baby in toys
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What attachment behaviour was being tested in episode 8 of the strange situation?
Reunion behaviour
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What is proximity, in terms of the strange situation study?
Secuse base bahaviour
| Good attachmnt enables a baby to feel confident to explore, but sill stay close to mother for comfort
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What is stranger anxiety?
Anxiety whn a stranger approaches
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What is separation anxiety?
Protest at separation from caregiver
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What in reunion behaviour, in terms of the strange situation study?
How the child reacts upon being reunited with caregiver
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How many types of attachment did Ainsworth find?
3 types
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What is type A attachment?
Insecure- avoidant
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What are key features of type A attachment?
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Insecure- avoidant
Stranger anxiety: low
Separation anxiety: low
Reunions behaviour: negative
Babies avoid social intraction
They are willing to explore surroundimgs but have high levels of anxiousness
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How many babies fell into type A attachment?
22%
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What is type B attachment?
Secure
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What are key features of type B attachment?
Secure
Stranger anxiety: mild
Separation anxiety: mild
Reunions behaviour: positive
Babies use mothers as a safe base and are happy to explore when shes present
Settled fairly quickly back into play when mother returns
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How many babies fell into type B attachment?
66%
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What is type C attachment?
Inscure- resistant
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What are key features of type C attachment?
Stranger anxiety: high
Separation anxiety: high
Reunions behaviour: negative
Not easily comforted when mother returned- they appared to be angry and rejected her attempts to comfort them
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How many babies fell into type C attachemnt?
12%
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What is a strength of Ainsworth's strange situation?
| Reliability
Good reliability as the 'strange situation' was repeated by Main, Kaplain and Cassidy in 1985
They tested babies at 18 months then again at 6 years old
The results showed that 100% of the secure babies were still classified as secure
75% of the avoidant babies still fell into the same category
Test- retest reliability and confirmed consistency over time
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What is a strength of Ainsworth's strange situation?
| Influential
Hugely influential study worldwide for measuring attachment
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What is a limitation of Ainsworth's strange situation?
| Attachment to mother
The study only identifies the babies attachment to the mother
The child may have a different type of attachment to others
Lacks validity as its not measuring a general attachment style, rather one specifically with the mother
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What is a limitation of Ainsworth's strange situation?
| Circumstances
Research shows the same child may show different attachment behaviours if the circumstances change
E.g. Securely attached child may become increasingly insecurely attached of mother becomes ill
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What is a limitation of Ainsworth's strange situation?
| Lacks generalisability
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The sample is biased as it used 100 middle class American families
Hard to generalise findings outside this culture and demographic
Doesn't study cultural variations, which Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg later found were present
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What is a limitation of Ainsworth's strange situation?
| Lab study
The lab study meant it took place in an artificial environment so lacks ecological validity
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What is an individualistic culture?
One which emphasises personal gain, independence and achievement
At the expense of group goals
Results in a strong sense of individuality
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What are examples of individualistic cultures?
North America, Germany and the UK
| People often leave home to get a degree and job in a field they (as an individual) are interested in
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What is a collectivist culture?
One which emphasis family and work goals above individual desires
High degree of interdependence between people
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What are examples of collectivist cultures?
Japan, China and Israel
| Family run shops often from Asian backgrounds
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What did Bowlby propose about cultural variations in attachment?
Bowlby's theory proposed that attachment is evolved to protect the infant and enhance survival
If attachment is biological than it should be the same in all cultures
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What is a meta- analysis?
Statistical analysis
Combines the results of multiple studies all addressing the same question
To serif there is a correlation
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Who did the study into cultural variations in attachment?
Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg
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When was the study into cultural variations in attachment?
1988
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What was the aim of the study into cultural variations in attachment?
To investigate if attachment types (secure and insecure) are universal across al cultures or culturally specific
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What type of analysis was used in the study into cultural variations in attachment?
Meta- analysis
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How many countries were studied in the study into cultural variations in attachment?
8
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How many studies were carried out in the study into cultural variations in attachment?
32
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How many babies were used in the study into cultural variations in attachment?
2,000
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Who were the participants in the study into cultural variations in attachment?
2,000 babies from 8 countries
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What was the procedure of the study into cultural variations in attachment?
Ainsworth's 'strange situation' procedure was used to classify the babies between attachment Type A, B or C
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What were the findings of the study into cultural variations in attachment?
Differences were very small between cultures
Secure attachments (type B) were the most common in all cultures surveyed
Avoidant attachments (type A) were most commonly found in west Germany than any other Western culture
Differences within cultures included 3 studies carried out in West Germany showing very different findings
In 2 Japanese studies, 1 had no type A babies whereas the second had around 20%
The differences within cultures was 1.5 times larger than between cultures
This suggests its an over simplification to assume all children are bought up in the exact same way in a particular country or culture
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Were differences bigger within or between cultures in the study into cultural variations in attachment?
Within
| 1.5 times larger than between cultures
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What was the most popular attachment type in the study into cultural variations in attachment?
Secure attachments
| Type B
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Where were avoidant attachments (type A) most commonly found in Western cultures in the study into cultural variations in attachment?
West Germany
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What were the findings of the results in Japan in the study into cultural variations in attachment?
In 2 Japanese studies, 1 had no type A babies whereas the second had around 20%
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What was a strength of the study into cultural variations in attachment?
Sample size
The large sample size of 2,000 babies from 8 different countries in 32 studies means the results can be generalised to the wider population
Meta- analysis
No cultural bias
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What was a limitation of the study into cultural variations in attachment?
Lacks generalisability
18/32 studies were carried out in America which reduces the ability to generalise and shows possible cultural bias
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What was a limitation of the study into cultural variations in attachment?
Imposed etic
Ainsworths strange situation was develop in America so may not be suitable for use in other cultures
This is called imposed etic, where other countries may be judged inaccurately by American standards
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What was a limitation of the study into cultural variations in attachment?
Many studies carried out in _ countries
27/32 studies were carried out on individualistic cultures so not representative of all cultures (collectivist)
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What is Bowlby's theory of maternal deprivation?
Bowlby proposed that if a child experiences a loss of emotional care that is normally provided by a caregiver during the critical period, then they would experience long- term consequences
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How many strands were there to Bowlbys theory of maternal deprivation?
There are 3 important strands
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Explain the value of maternal care in reference to Bowlbys theory of maternal deprivation
Its not enough to make sure a child is well fed, safe and warm
Children need a warm, intimate and continuous relationship with their mother or mother- substitute figure
This is needed for normal mental health
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In reference to Bowlbys theory of maternal deprivation, it is not enough to ensure a child is _, _ and _
Well fed, safe and warm
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In reference to Bowlbys theory of maternal deprivation, children need a _, _ and _ relationship with their mother
Warm, intimate and continuous
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Explain the critical period in reference to Bowlbys theory of maternal deprivation
Separation and deprivation will only have this affect if it occurs before the age of 2 1/2 years (critical period)
There is a risk of up to 5 years old
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Explain the long- term consequences in reference to Bowlby's theory of maternal deprivation
Long- term consequences of maternal deprivation are emotional issues and possible mental health problems, such as depression
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Who conducted the 44 juvenile thieves study?
Bowlby
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What was the aim of the 44 juvenile thieves study?
To investigate whether a lack of continuous care during the critical period of a Childs life leads to emotional maladjustment
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What is emotional maladjustment?
Unable to react successfully and satisfactorily to the emotional demand of ones environment
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Who were the participants in the 44 juvenile thieves study?
88 emotionally maladjusted children who attended Bowlby's London clinic
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How many participants had been caught stealing in the 44 juvenile thieves study?
44... duh!
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What did Bowlby propose some of the 44 thieves were in the 44 juvenile thieves study?
A_ p_
Affectionless psychopaths
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What are affcetionless psychopaths according to Bowlby?
People who failed to show empathy, guilt or shame
| These characteristics allowed them to steal from others
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What 3 characteristics did Bowlby propose made someone an affectionless psychopath?
No empathy, guilt or shame
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How many children has affectionless psychopath characteristics in the 44 juvenile thieves study?
14
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What was the procedure of the 44 juvenile thieves study?
Bowlby analysed the case histories of 88 emotional maladjusted children who attended his London clinic
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What were the findings of the 44 juvenile thieves study?
86% (12) of the 14 affectionless psychopaths had experienced frequent early separations with their mothers
These early separations include the child being placed in foster homes or hospitals with little or no family visits
Supports the maternal deprivation theory
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How many/ what % of the children were affcetionless psychopaths in the 44 juvenile thieves study?
86%
| 12 children
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What were the 'early separations' in the 44 juvenile thieves study?
The child being placed in foster homes or hospitals with little or no family visits
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What theory does the 44 juvenile thieves study support?
The maternal deprivation theory
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What is a strength of the 44 juvenile thieves study?
| Real- life applications
Huge impact on views surrounding the importance of childrearing
Led to real- life applications such as how children were treated in hospitals in the 1950s
Previously, infants were left in hospital with little or no family visits but now parents are encouraged to visit as much as possible
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What is a limitation of the 44 juvenile thieves study?
| Bowlby gained information from...
Bowlby gained information from patient histories from his own clinic
Could be investigator bias as Bowlby would have interpreted the evidence himself
May have pre- conceived opinions on the children which would affect the validity of the results
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What is a limitation of the 44 juvenile thieves study?
| Small sample
The study used a small sample of only 88 participants, and of these only 44 were investigated in the findings
The study cannot be generalised to the wider population as it has an age and cultural bias
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What is a limitation of the 44 juvenile thieves study?
| The term _ is unclear
The term deprivation is unclear
People often think thus refers to physical separation, but emotional separation may be the actual cause
E.g. If a mother had severe depression, she may be physically preset but not provide emotional care
