bowlbys theory

• what did bowlby say about attachment?

  one child's attachment to a caregiver is different from the rest
• what are social releasers?

  social releasers to activate adult social interaction and to make them attach to the baby
• what is the critical period ?

  • critical period and sensitive period which is 6 months-2 years 
  • If they don’t form an attachment within this time they will find it hard to do so later
• what is the internal working model?

  • The internal working model shows that a baby has a mental representation of relationship with their primary attach , it serves as a model of what future relationships looked like
  • Tend to parent their own children based on how they were brought up
• what is the validity of monotropy? (lacks validity)

  Schaffer and emerson found that although most babies attached to one person at first, a significant minority formed multiple attachments during that time Attachment may be stronger but not different in the quality of the childs attachments 
• what is support for social releasers?

  Brazelton et al observed babies trigger interactions with adults using social releasersThey then instructed the adults to ignore their babies which made them distressedSocial releasers have an important role in the emotional development
• what is support for IWM?

  Bailey et al assessed attachment relationships in 99 mothers and their one year old babiesThey also measured the quality of attachment with the mothers primary attachment figure Mothers will poor attachment figures had children with poor quality attachment 
• what is a limitation for monotropic theory?

  Genetic differences in anxiety and sociability affect social behaviour in babies and adultsThese could impact parenting