MONOTROPIC ATTACHMENT

• WHO CREATED MONOTROPIC ATTACHMENT THEORY?

  Bowlby
• KEY POINTS OF MONOTROPIC ATTACHMENT THEORY?

  Monotropy

  Adaptive

  Social releasers

  Internal working model

  Critical period
• ADAPTIVE?

  help survive
• SOCIAL RELEASERS?

  unlock caregivers innate tendencies to care for infants
• CRITICAL PERIOD?

  6 months to 2.5 years
• EVALUATION?

  • Harlow
  • Schaffer + Emerson
  • role of father
  • twin study
• HARLOW ARGUMENT?

  • IWM idea is creditworthy
  • blueprint is long-lasting
• SCHAFFER + EMERSON ARGUMENT?

  • 50% separation anxiety to one specific adult
  • 30% multiple attachments
  • underestimates role of multiple attachments
• ROLE OF FATHER ARGUMENT?

  • underestimated
  • mainly economic
  • outdated, alpha bias
  • research focuses on shared experiences
• TWIN STUDY ARGUMENT?

  • Koluchova
  • maternal deprivation not affect twins for life
  • discredits irreversible IWM
  • monotropic bond to each other
  • aunt help them become resilient