Bowlby Evaluation Monotrophy

Question 1

What evidence is there to support that attachment is adaptive?

Answer 1

When infants start crawling (6 months) , they need attachments for protection and for comfort if they get hurt. Unlike monkey infants who cling to their mothers fur.

Question 2

What evidence is there that supports the continuity hypothesis?

Answer 2

Minnesota-parent child which followed participants from infancy to late adolescence. They found continuity between early attachment and later emotional behavior.

Question 3

What did they find in the Minnesota parent-child research?

Answer 3

Individuals who were securely attached in infancy were highest rated for social competence, less isolated and more popular.

Question 4

What evidence is there that it should be a sensitive period rather than a critical one?

Answer 4

The developmental window is one where children are maximally receptive to the formation of certain characteristics but such devlopments can take place outside of this window.