psychology paper 1 attachment Flashcards
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metapelets
foster mother in israel that looks after loads of kids and feeds them while mother works
strength of learning theory of attachment
dollard and miller supporting evidence babies fed over 2000 times by mothers
weaknesses of learning theory of attachment
metapelets - babies dont attach
harlows study - rhesus monkeys rather comfort over food
how many monkeys were used in harlows study?
what type of monkeys were they?
how were the monkeys split into groups?
-8 rhesus monkeys
-(split into 2 groups of 4)
what were the artificial mothers made of?
which had the food(milk)?
how was their attachment measured?
what did they find?
-cloth and wire
-for one group the milk was on the cloth mother and for the other the wire mother had the milk
-measured how long monkeys spent with each mother
-rather’d cloth mother regardless of milk
who created the evolutionary/monotropic theory
bowlby
what is a social releaser
ways babies get caregivers attention:
cooing
grabbing
crying
crawling
why do attachments form and babies have social releasers
biologically pre-programmed
what does monotropy mean
babies can only form attachment with one primary caregiver
how long is the critical period for Bowlby’s monotropic theory
2 and a half years
what is the internal working model
the idea the primary attachment you make becomes the schema for all other relationships
what is supporting evidence of Bowlby’s monotropic attachment theory
lorenz and the goslings
babies dont attach to metapelets
explain lorenz study
used 2 groups:
-control imprinted to mother
-experimental group imprinted to lorenz
confirmed that attachments are biologically predetermined
explain guitons study
same as lorenz’s study but used chicks
found imprinting could be reversed if attachments were formed with objects onto humans
- counters monotropy
what are evaluations of lorenz’s study
guiton’s study (challenges monotropy)
generalisability(animal study)
evaluations of bowlbys monotropic attachment theory
-had some negative feedback in the real world (nazi typ sh)
-schaffer and emerson found attachments to more than 1 caregiver for 87% of the babies
how does the learning theory view attachments?
how does the monotropic attachment theory view attachments
something that just happens as a result of feeding,not important
vital to a childs development
how does bowlbys theory have RLA
children in hospitals get longer visiting hours and parental leave
theory used to reduce women in workforce
what is the difference between bowlby and the learning theory
bowlby argues attachments are for survival whereas learning theory argues its because caregivers are associated with being fed
what are bowlby’s two theories
monotropic attachment theory
maternal deprivation theory
what does maternal deprivation lead to
poor cognitive development
poor behavioural development
poor emotional development
what model does short term seperation lead to
protest
despair
detachment
kids in CRITICAL PERIOD goes through these stages when seperated from attachment figure
Evaluation AGAINST fathers role being equal
Grossman et al:
Showed fathers and mothers perform different roles
Men playmates as shown by play sensitivity
Mothers care shown by sensitive responsiveness of kids at 16
Evaluation FOR equal role of father
Field et al
Observational study
Frame be frame
Fathers can show sensitive responsiveness
Brown et al
Longitudinal study
The more sensitive attachment at 13 , the stronger the attachment at 3
