Explanations Of Attachment: Bowlby's Theory - evaluation

Question 1

What is a strength of bowlby’s theory regarding social releasers?

Answer 1

Evidence for social releasers as Brazelton et al watched babies display social releases for adult attention and when they were ignored, they became distressed and some curled up and didnt move

Question 2

What’s a strength of bowlbys theory regarding internal working model?

Answer 2

Evidence for the model: patterns of attachment passed generationally, Baily et al studied moms to their 1 year olds and measured mothers attachment to their own primary caregiver and to their babies

Mothers with poor attachments to their mothers had poor attachment to their babies

Question 3

What limitation does Schaffer and Emerson’s findings present to
monotropy?

Answer 3

Monotropy lacks validity ignoring schaffer and emersons findings of multiple attachments. 1st attachments are stronger not necessarily different

• Other attachments within family provide same qualitites
• Anxiety and sociability can also effect social behaviour of babies and adults

Question 4

What’s another limitation of bowlbys theory regarding the two laws?

Answer 4

Law of continuity and accumulated separation suggests that working moms may negatively impact their child’s emotional development.

Feminist Burman explains this is a way to blame mothers for anything going wrong in their childs future
- also a way to make moms feel as they cant return to work