16 mark essay

• Discuss research into caregiver-infant interactions in humans (16)

  • A01: reciprocity, interactional synchrony, Meltzoff & Moore
  • A03: infant's intentions difficult to measure, social sensitivity (mothers), lab studys
• Outline Lorenz’s and Harlow’s animal studies of attachment. Discuss what these studies might tell us about human attachment. (16)

  • AO1: 3 procedures on both guys
  • AO3: generalisability, long-term consequences + Rutter, identifying risk factors with vulnerable children, critical period C sensitive period eg Romanian kids
• Discuss the learning theory of attachment and Bowlby’s monotropic theory of attachment (16)

  • AO1: learning theory: cupboard love (food), classical creates, operant strengthens, monotropy theory: primary caregiver - mother, quality over quantity, IWM, social releasers
  • AO3: Reductionist only behavioural, Schaffer - multiple attachments, social sensitivity (mothers), environmentally deterministic (IWM)
• Discuss research into the influence of early attachment on childhood and/or adult relationships. (16)

  • AO1: IWM, maternal deprivation - lack of socialising
  • AO3: determinism, Rutter