STRENGTHS

• STRENGTHS OF BOWLBY'S THEORY OF MONOTROPIC ATTACHMENT?

  • animal research
  • multiple attachments
• WHAT ANIMAL RESEARCH SUPPORTS BOWLBY'S THEORY OF MONOTROPIC ATTACHMENT?

  Harlow's study of rhesus monkeys
• WHAT HAPPENED IN HARLOW'S MONKEY RESEARCH?

  baby monkeys were separated from their mothers and reared in isolation
• WHAT DID HARLOW FIND FROM THEIR RESEARCH?

  monkeys developed an inability to socialise with other groups of monkeys and neglected own infant monkeys
• WHAT DOES HARLOW'S RESEARCH SUGGEST ABOUT BOWLBY'S THEORY OF MONOTROPIC ATTACHMENT?

  idea of an internal working model is creditworthy
• WHY DOES HARLOW'S RESEARCH SUGGEST BOWLBY'S THEORY OF AN IWM IS CREDITWORTHY?

  shows blueprint is longlasting
• WHO CARRIED OUT THE RESEARCH ON MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS?

  Schaffer and Emerson (Glasgow babies)
• WHAT DID SCHAFFER AND EMERSON FIND ABOUT THE GLASGOW BABIES?

  50% of infants showed separation anxiety towards a specific adult (usually a mother)
• WHAT DID SCHAFFER AND EMERSON'S RESEARCH PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR REGARDING BOWLBY'S THEORY OF MONOTROPIC ATTACHMENT?

  that attachment is monotropic
• COUNTERARGUMENT FOR SCHAFFER AND EMERSON'S RESEARCH SUPPORTING BOWLBY'S THEORY OF MONOTROPIC ATTACHMENT?

  30% of children had already formed multiple attachments simultaneously
• WHAT DOES THE FORMATION OF MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS IN SCHAFFER AND EMERSON'S RESEARCH SUGGEST ABOUT BOWLBY'S THEORY OF MONOTROPIC ATTACHMENT?

  claim of monotropy is limited
• WHY DOES SCHAFFER AND EMERSON'S RESEARCH SUGGEST BOWLBY'S THEORY OF MONOTROPIC ATTACHMENT IS LIMITED?

  underestimates the role of multiple attachments