Bowls monotropic theory

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  • What is Bowlby’s theory ?

    Reflected learning theory + looked at animal studies and proposed an evolutionary explanation focussing on innate behaviour
  • What did Bolwby believe ?
    attachment behaviours are pre programmed in our genes to provide an adaptive advantage to increase survival
  • What is the acronym 

    A snap chat makes images
  • What are the 5 parts of the theory ?
    1. Adaptive
    2. social releases
    3. critical period
    4. monotropy
    5. internal working model
  • What is adaptive ?
    • give an adaptive advantage increases chance of survival
    • if an infant has an attachment to a caregiver they have food,warmth + kept safe
  • What are social releases ?
    • unlock innate tendency of adults to care
    - physical : baby face features + body proportions
    behavioural: crying + cooing
    • bowling recognised attachment is a reciprocal process
    • both baby and mother have an innate predisposition to become attached
  • What is critical period ?
    • must form an attachment within 2 and a half years
    • if this attachment is broken or disrupted within this time child will suffer from long term consequences
    - cognitive, emotional, social difficulties e.g reduced IQ + increase aggression
    • more of a ‘sensitivity’ period
    • child will find it hard to form attachments after this time
  • What is monotropy ?
    • one special attachment with the mother
    • develop others attachments after this one
    • if mother not available child can attach to another suitable figure
  • What is the internal working model ?
    • occurs through monotrooic attachment
    • mental schema for relationships
    • all adult relationships based off of this
    • first experience is loving/ reliable will then have an expectation of this in all future relationships + bring these qualties nice Versa
    • affects child’s ability to parents themselves as they base their parenting technique on their own experience as a child
  • Evaluation ?
    1. Monotropy challenged
    2. social releases
    3. deterministic
  • How was monotropy challenged ?
    • Schaffer + Emerson
    • babies also able to form multiple attachments at the same time
  • Social releases
    • brazelton et al
    • mothers + babies interactions
    • international sunchrony
  • Deterministic ?
    • not all who grow up in a happy childhood grow up to have completely happy relationships