Social Releasers and the Critical Period

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A level Psychology > paper one > attatchments > Bowlby’s Monotropic Theory > Bowlby’s Monotropic Attachment Theory (1969) > Social Releasers and the Critical Period
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Social releasers: Innate "cute" behaviors (e.g., smiling, cooing) that activate caregiving responses in adults.
Attachment is a reciprocal process where both baby and caregiver are biologically predisposed to form an attachment.