monotropic theory

Question 1

Five concepts of Bowlbeys mono tropic theory

Answer 1

– Adaptive
– Social releases
– Critical period
– Monotropy
– Internal working model

Question 2

adaptive

Answer 2

Attachment is an innate system and is used to improve survival which means it adaptive. Attachment is programmed into children and into parents.

Question 3

social release rs

Answer 3

infants are born with social releases
– Smiling
– Crying
– Looking cute
Triggers a response in caregiver and insures interaction takes place to form attachment

Question 4

Critical period

Answer 4

If attachment does not take place in the first 2.5 years of the infants life, then attachment may not take place at all.

Question 5

Monotropy

Answer 5

Great emphasis on a child’s attachment to 1 caregiver
– Most important attachment in the child’s development

– Does not need to be the biological mother

Question 6

Internal working model

Answer 6

– mental representation that child forms their relationship with the primary caregiver

– Serve as a model for what relationships are like, and to build an expectation of future relationships from the attachment with caregiver

– Peer relationships, romantic, relationships and relationships with own children

IWM passed on from one generation to next

Question 7

evaluation paragraphs

Answer 7

– Research to support by Lorenz
– Research to support hazen and shaver
– Research to contradict Schaffer and Emerson

Question 8

research to support lorenz

Answer 8

– Imprinting on Gosling study
– Found a critical period of 12 to 17 hours for imprinting, or else it won’t happen

– Supports bowlbey theory of critical period as in first need to attach the first 2.5 years of its life

This strengthens monotropic theory of attachment

Question 9

research to support hazen and shaver

Answer 9

Supports internal working model

– Created love quiz, found out that securely attached. Children had happy and long-lasting relationship later

– Insecurely attached children found it hard to form relationships and many were divorced

– This supports internal working model as early infant attachments act as a template for future relationships

Question 10

research to contradict Schaffer and Emerson

Answer 10

– Found evidence to support the view that children have multiple attachments

– Help children develop socially, emotionally and cognitively

– This contradicts the monotropy proposed by bowlby and the idea that infants have one attachment

– Thus limiting the theory of attachment