Attachment

Front 1

Caregiver - infant interaction

Back 1

Reciprocity - infant and caregiver able to reliably produce responses in each other

Interactional synchrony - coordinate activity to form a conversation without language

Front 2

Stages of attachment development

Back 2

- Pre attachment

- Indiscriminate attachment

- Discriminate attachment

- Multiple attachments

Front 3

Animal studies of attachment

Back 3

Lorenz 1935 - goose eggs, imprinting

Harlow 1959 - infant monkeys, surrogate mothers

Front 4

learning theory of attachment

Back 4

Classical conditioning

Operant conditioning

Front 5

Ainsworth's strange situation

Back 5

- episodes

- type A insecure avoidant

- type b secure

- type c insecure resistant

Front 6

Bowlby maternal deprivation

Back 6

- Claims that disruption of attachment bond during critical period, even if short term, can cause damage to the child.

- Short and long term separation`

Front 7

Romanian orphan studies

Back 7

Privation - infant denied opportunity to form attachment with caregiver

Institutionalisation - Rutter 1998

Front 8

Influence on later relationships

Back 8

Childhood relationships - children with secure attachments will have an internal working model that reflects this, and will expect that others will be friendly. This affects their friendships as they are more likely to be open and trust others