Support for social releasers

• P- one strength of Bowlby’s theory is the evidence supporting the role of social releasers
• E- there is clear evidence that cute baby behaviours are designed to elicit interaction from primary caregivers
• E- T Berry Brazelton et al (1975) observed baby's trigger interactions with adults using social releasers. The researchers then instructed the babies primary attachment figures to ignore their babies social releasers. Babies become increasingly distressed and some eventually curled up and lay motionless
• L- this illustrates the role of social releasers in emotional development and suggests that they are important in the process of attachment development