Four months: infants develop specific attachments to main caregivers.
Stranger anxiety: fear of strangers.
Separation anxiety: act in ways of distress if mothers leave.
Mary ainsworth study
Emotional ties that form between people.
Attachment
Instinctual need to touch and be touched by something soft.
Contact comfort
Put infant monkeys in cages with two mothers.
Hary harlow
Process by which some animals form immediate attachments during a critical period.
Imprinting
Primary caregivers are affectionate and reliable.
Bonded to caregivers.
Cry or protest when caregiver leaves.
Welcome caregiver back when return.
Secure attachment
Developmental disorder that prevents children from forming proper attachment with others.
Autism
Value or worth that people attach to themselves.
Self esteem