Attachment: Explanations Of Attachment - Bowlby’s Monotropic Theory RN

Question 1

ADAPTIVE: Bowlby suggests that attachment is an ________[1] system, it is ______ [2] in order to improve________ [3], therefore it is adaptive. Bowlby suggested infants are born ‘_________ [4]’ to attach and _______ [5] are also ‘programmed’ to attach.

Answer 1

[1] Innate
[2] inherited
[3] survival
[4] programmed
[5] parents

Question 2

Bowlby stated that humans are born with what ?

Answer 2

Social releasers

Question 3

What are some example of social releasers?

Answer 3

Smiling, crying or looking ‘cute’

Question 4

Why are social releasers important in attachment?

Answer 4

Social releasers trigger a response in a care giver and ensures interaction takes place to form an attachment.

Question 5

What is a ‘critical period’?

Answer 5

A period for attachment in an infant to take place, usually within the first 2.5 years of life.

Question 6

What is the implication of a missed ‘critical period’?

Answer 6

Attachment may not take place at all.

Question 7

Why did Bowlby describe his theory as ‘Monotropic’?

Answer 7

Because he placed great emphasis on a child’s attachment to one caregiver.

Question 8

Who did Bowlby believe is the most important attachment figure in the child’s development?

Answer 8

The mother

Question 9

What is an internal working model?

Answer 9

The internal working model is a ‘mental representation’ that the child forms of their relationship with their primary caregiver.

Question 10

What does an internal working model allow a child to do?

Answer 10

It gives them a template for what relationships are like.

Question 11

What do children do with their attachment relationship with their caregiver?

Answer 11

Children build an expectation of what future relationships will be like.

Question 12

TRUE OR FALSE: Bowlby believes that Internal Working Models are not passed on from one generation to the next.

Answer 12

FALSE.
ANSWER: Bowlby believes that Internal Working Models are passed on from one generation to the next - people base their parenting on their own experiences of being parented.

Question 13

Complete the diagram by filling in box A and B

Answer 13

A: Child feels secure
B: Positive internal working model

Question 14

Complete the diagram on internal by filling in box A and B.

Answer 14

A: Poor relationship with unresponsive primary caregiver
Insecure attachment
B: Child feels unworthy

Question 15

What famous researcher can we use to support Bowlby’s monotropic theory?

Answer 15

Lorenz study on imprinting

Question 16

What did Lorenz find that helps to support the monotropic theory?

Answer 16

Lorenz found a critical period of 12-17 hours in which imprinting has to take place otherwise it would not later.

Question 17

RTS Monotropic theory: What did Hazen and Shaver’s ‘love quiz’ suggest about children who are securely attached?

Answer 17

They tend to have happy and long lasting relationships in later life.

Question 18

What kind of system did Bowlby say attachment was?

Answer 18

An innate system

Question 19

According to Bowlby why is attachment inherited?

Answer 19

To improve survival rate

Question 20

What are Smiling, crying or looking ‘cute’ examples of ?

Answer 20

Social releasers

Question 21

What did Bowlby call attachment where great emphasis is placed on a child’s attachment to one caregiver.

Answer 21

Monotopic

Question 22

What did Bowlby say is a ‘mental representation’ that the child forms of their relationship with their primary caregiver.

Answer 22

Your Internal working model

Question 23

If a child was in a loving relationship, how would a child feel?

Answer 23

Secure

Question 24

What kind of internal working model would a person with a secure attachment have?

Answer 24

Positive internal working model.

Question 25

What kind of internal working model would a person with an insecure attachment have?

Answer 25

Negative internal working model

Question 26

RTS: Hazan and Shaver created the ‘ ____ quiz’

Answer 26

Love

Question 27

How does Hazan and Shaver’s love quiz support the internal working model?

Answer 27

First relationships with caregivers act as a template for future relationships

Question 28

Counter to RTS: Hazan and Shaver used a questionnaire to conduct their study. What is a limitation of using this method.

Answer 28

Participants might lie about their relationships in order to present themselves in the best possible light (social desirability).

Question 29

Shaffer and Emerson conducted a study that contradicts the monotropic theory. What did they conclude?

Answer 29

Children can have multiple attachments not just one like the monotropic theory suggests.

Question 30

What researchers found that children can have multiple attachments not just one like the monotropic theory suggests.

Answer 30

Shaffer and Emerson