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Dev Exam

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Attachment
the relationship between a caregiver and a child
Attachment theorhy
theory of development of the relationship and the consequences of the child-caregiver relationship
John Bowlby
Father of attachment, theorized consequences from mother-child separation at young age that results in indifference of the child, did a study on 44 juvenile thieves and found they had all been separated from their mothers at young ages
Disattachment
indifference resulting from separation of child from primary caregiver
Harlow (1958)
Study with monkeys who had the option of a wire mom with milk and a terrycloth mom with no milk and other variation, monkey always preferred terry cloth
Contact comfort
The importance of warmth and touch from mother to child over need for food
Internal Working Model
The attachment style that we experience with our own caregiver will be the foundation of all relationships to come
Stages of Attachment
Preattachment (birth to 6wk, indifferent to presences of people) Attachment in the making (6wk-8wk to 6-8months wariness when potential caregiver leaves) Clear-cut (6-8months to 18-24months) Secure base of operations and start/end point of explorations
Ainsworth
Mother of attachment, made the strange situation task and baltimore study that made a classification system for attachment styles
1st Category of attachment
Secure attachment (60% of kids)
kid: extremely distressed by caregivers leaves and being alone, easily comforted on return, plays constructively
parent: reflective affects, highly responsive, warm, consistent
2nd Category of attachment
Avoidant Insecure (15%)
kid: May or may not be distressed by caregivers leave, may or may not be comforted by stranger, plays destructively
parent: rejecting, cold, unresponsive, not as warm
3rd Category of attachment
Ambivalent Insecure (10%)
kid: anxious, not easily comforted, might hit caregiver, consistent distress
mom: unpredictable, sometimes responsive, may misread signals of baby, more rough
4th category of attachment (identified by Main, a grad student) (high rates among psychotics)
Disorganized (the unclassified babies)
kid: absence of organized strategy, stereotypical, freezing, misdirected, repetitive and bizarre behavior
mom: frightening, abusive
Behaviorism challenge to attachment theory
Operant conditioning is what causes babies to cry so you will spoil them
response: babies who are responded to moreso in the first 4months tend to cry less at later points in time, the baby learns that it doesn't need to cry any excess amount (Bell & Ainsworth)
Only Correlational data challenge to attachment theory
Response: Van dem Boom intervention study showing that mothers who are taught to be responsive cuts the amount of insecure relationships in half (measured by strange situation task at 1yr)
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