Intro To Attachment

• Attachment


  An emotional tie or bond between an infant and a caregiver. The relationship is said to be reciprocal (behaviours seen in the adult and the child)
• Attachment behaviours 


  Proximity, Separation distress, secure-base behaviour
• Proximity


  Children remain physically close to those they are attached to
• Seperation distress


  People are distressed when an attachment figure leaves their presence
• Secure-base behaviour 


  Infants display secure-base behaviour when they return to the attachment figure whilst playing