Attachment - Lecture Two Flashcards

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What is the goal of attachment behavior?

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To keep close to a preferred person in order to maintain a sense of security.

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What are the basic assumptions of attachment?

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Attachment is universal, varies across cultures, and develops with specific people in a preferred order.

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What are the functions of attachment?

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Provide a sense of security, regulate affect and arousal, enable expression of feelings, and serve as a base for exploration.

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What are attachment bonds?

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The emotional connection between people in intimate relationships.

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What are attachment behaviors?

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Behaviors designed to promote proximity to the caregiver.

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What is the attachment behavioral system?

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A system with the external goal of physical closeness to the caregiver; supports cognitive, social, emotional, and motor growth.

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When is the attachment behavioral system fully functional?

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By 7 to 9 months of age.

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What is the exploratory system?

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Linked to curiosity and mastery motivation; secure attachment motivates infants to explore.

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What is the affiliative system?

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Linked to sociability; children are motivated to engage with others.

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What is the fear/wariness system?

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Monitors response to fearful cues; has evolutionary function to protect from predators.

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What is the Strange Situation Procedure?

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Developed by Mary Ainsworth to generate an attachment response by creating a mildly stressful situation.

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What behavior indicates secure attachment in the Strange Situation?

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Confidence in relationship, positive greeting, calmed quickly, openly expressed feelings.

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What are traits of securely attached adults?

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Value attachment, see its influence on personality, balanced view of relationships, realistic about parents, open in discussing attachment.

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What characterizes insecure avoidant attachment?

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Independence, lack of distress, ignores mother, avoids contact, uses avoidance to prevent rejection.

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What are the outcomes of insecure avoidant attachment?

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Hostility, negative peer interactions, avoids help, seen negatively, more discipline.

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What characterizes insecure ambivalent/resistant attachment?

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Intense need for attachment, desperate for contact, resists comfort, cannot be soothed, linked to inconsistent caregiving.

18
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What are outcomes of insecure ambivalent/resistant attachment?

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Behavioral inhibition, social withdrawal, poor social skills, low assertiveness.

19
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What characterizes insecure disorganized/disoriented attachment?

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Contradictory behaviors, confusion, goes to strangers, fear of caregivers, linked to trauma or maltreatment.

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What are outcomes of insecure disorganized attachment?

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Low confidence, poor academics, dissociation, poor social skills, risk of psychopathology.

21
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What are traits of insecure adults?

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Less positive about attachment, deny its impact, dismiss its importance.

22
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Who are unresolved adults?

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Adults with trauma history who continue to self-blame.

23
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What are the adult classifications of attachment?

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Secure, Anxious (preoccupied), Avoidant (dismissive), Disorganized (fearful-avoidant).

24
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How do cultural considerations impact attachment?

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Parental sensitivity links to attachment across cultures, expression varies by caregiving practices and stress.

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What percentage of children are securely attached across cultures?
Generally 65–70%.
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What influences caregiver responsiveness?
Caregiver’s internal working models, parental risk factors, and external adult support.