bowlby's theory L5

• What does attachment behavior serve in terms of survival?

  It enhances survival chances
• What is the main principle of Bowlby's theory?

  Strong attachment is adaptive for survival
• According to Darwin's Theory of Evolution, what enhances survival and reproduction?

  Genetically determined behaviors
• What happens to infants who are not attached?

  They are less well protected
• What is the critical period for forming attachments according to Bowlby?

  Around 3-6 months
• How does Bowlby compare the selection of traits in nature to farming?

  Both involve selecting desirable characteristics
• What is the environment of evolutionary adaptiveness (EEA)?

  The environment to which species are adapted
• What are social releasers in infants?

  Features that elicit caregiving
• What does Bowlby propose about infants and their attachments?

  Infants have one special emotional bond
• What is the term for the mental representation of an attachment relationship?

  Internal working model
• What does the continuity hypothesis propose?

  Strong attachments in infancy lead to competence
• Why is it vital for infants to form attachments during the critical period?

  To ensure protection from caregivers
• What does the multiple attachment model claim?

  All attachment figures are equivalent
• How does Prior and Glaser's review support Bowlby's concept of monotropy?

  It favors a hierarchical model of attachment
• What is the significance of Bowlby's claim about early attachment?

  It affects subsequent relationships
• What is a social releaser?

  A behavior that elicits caregiving
• How does Bowlby's theory relate to emotional security in adulthood?

  Early attachments lead to emotional security