Social releases, critical period

• What did Bowlby suggest babies are born with?

  Innate 'cute' behaviours
• What are social releasers according to Bowlby?

  Behaviours that activate adult social interaction
• What is the purpose of social releasers?

  To make an adult attach to the baby
• How did Bowlby view attachment?

  As a reciprocal process
• What does 'hard-wired' refer to in Bowlby's theory?

  Innate biological predisposition to attach
• When does the relationship between baby and caregiver begin to build?

  In the early weeks of life
• What is the critical period proposed by Bowlby?

  Around six months
• How did Bowlby describe the critical period for attachment?

  As more of a sensitive period
• When is a child maximally sensitive to forming attachments?

  At six months
• Until what age might the sensitive period for attachment extend?

  Up to the age of two
• What happens if an attachment is not formed during the sensitive period?

  A child finds it harder to form one later