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What is Bowlby's belief about infant attachment?
Babies form one special attachment
first
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What did Schaffer and Emerson (1964) find about infant attachments?
Some babies form
multiple
attachments simultaneously
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What does research suggest about the attachment to mothers versus fathers?
Attachment
to mothers predicts later
behavior
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What might the significance of attachment to the primary caregiver imply?
It may indicate stronger
attachment quality
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What evidence supports the role of social releasers in attachment?
Infant
behaviors initiate social interaction
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What did Brazleton et al. (1975) observe in their study?
Interactional synchrony
between mothers and babies
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What was the outcome when primary attachment figures ignored babies' signals?
Babies showed
distress
and curled up
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What does Bailey et al. (2007) support about internal working models?
Attachment patterns
are passed through generations
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How did Bailey et al. (2007) assess mothers and babies?
Through
interviews
and
observations
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What did Bailey et al. (2007) find regarding mothers with poor attachments?
They had children classified as
poor attachments
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What are the implications of Bowlby's theory on parenting behavior?
Parenting behavior is influenced by
attachment
experiences
Children from functional families replicate similar family structures
Poor attachment experiences lead to negative parenting patterns
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How did Mary and John apply attachment theory in their parenting?
Mary
struggled
while John successfully
interacted
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What is the critical period in Bowlby's attachment theory?
Time when attachment must form to be
effective
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What is the law of continuity in Bowlby's theory?
Consistent care improves attachment
quality
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What does the law of accumulated separation state?
Every
separation
from the mother
adds up
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What are social releasers according to Bowlby?
Innate behaviors that encourage
adult
attention
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What is the reciprocal process in attachment according to Bowlby?
Both
mother
and
baby
predisposed to attachment
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What is the internal working model in Bowlby's theory?
Mental representation of relationships with
caregivers
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How does the internal working model affect future relationships?
Shapes
expectations
based on early
experiences
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What do children from functional families tend to do?
Replicate
similar
family
structures
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What criticism do temperament researchers have of Bowlby's theory?
It over-emphasizes early
experiences
and attachment
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What is temperament in child development?
Genetically influenced
personality traits
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How do temperament differences affect social behavior?
They explain
variations
in social interactions
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What is the implication of Bowlby's theory for mothers?
It places
responsibility
for
attachment
quality
on them
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What did feminists like Erica Burman (1994) argue about Bowlby's theory?
It
burdens mothers
with
responsibility
for
failures
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What was Bowlby's intention regarding mothers' roles?
To boost their
status
by emphasizing importance
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What is the significance of the critical period in attachment?
It indicates when
attachment formation
is crucial
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What does Bowlby suggest about the effects of separation from a primary attachment figure?
It risks poor
quality attachment
later
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What is the role of social releasers in attachment formation?
They activate the adult
attachment system
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What is the relationship between infant and adult attachment systems?
They
interact
to build the
caregiver
relationship
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What is the sensitive period in Bowlby's attachment theory?
Time when
attachment
formation
is most
effective
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What happens if an attachment is not formed during the sensitive period?
It becomes
harder
to form
attachments
later
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What is the implication of Bowlby's theory for future parenting?
It
influences
how
individuals parent their children
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What is the significance of the internal working model in relationships?
It shapes perceptions of future
relationships
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How does a loving first relationship affect future relationships?
It fosters
expectations
of love and reliability
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How does a poor first relationship affect future relationships?
It leads to
expectations
of poor treatment
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What is the impact of a child's early experiences on their parenting?
It influences their
parenting
behavior
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What do children from functional families tend to replicate?
Similar
family
structures
in
their
own
families
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What do temperament researchers argue about Bowlby's emphasis?
It over-emphasizes
early experiences
and attachment
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What is the role of temperament in child development?
It influences
social behavior
and personality
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