AO3: Bowlby

Cards (4)

  • Limitation: Validity of monotropy challenged
    What? Monotropy lacks validity
    Who? Schaffer and Emerson - babies formed multiple attachments at once - first attachment stronger not different from others
    Why? Incorrect to say there's unique quality to child's primary attachment
  • Strength: Support for social releasers
    What? Evidence for social releasers
    Who? Brazelton - Babies distressed when social releasers ignored
    Why? Role of social releasers in development important
  • Strength: Support for internal working model
    What? Evidence for internal working model
    Who? Bailey et al. - mothers with poor attachment to their own primary attachment figures more likely to have poorly attached babies
    Why? Mothers' ability to form attachments to babies influenced by internal working models
  • Counterpoint? Support for internal working models
    What? Other important influences
    Who? Kornieko - genetic differences in anxiety affect social behaviour in babies and adults
    Why? Overstated importance of internal working model