PSYC10004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Konrad Lorenz, Mental Model, Maternal Bond
14 Jun 2018
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MBB2 Week 3; Lecture 7 Notes
Social-Emotional Development: Attachment
- Attachment (definitions)
- close emotional relationship between two people - mutual affection and desire to maintain
proximity (Eynsenck)
- emotional bond w specific person that endures throughout space and time (Siegler)
- affectional ties/emotional bonds between children and primary caregivers = part of development
- what aspects of early interaction are important - establishing bonds between infant and parent +
importance of quality of bonds for later development?
- aspects of bonds between infant & caregiver
- primary needs
- intimate contact
- shown by Harlow’s work w infant monkeys (had abnormal behaviour when older)
- IV = aspect of mother available to infant
- DV = amount of time spent w “mother”; feeding time or being threatened
- Bowlby - Attachment Theory
- Ethology: Imprinting (Konrad Lorenz)
- close contact w adult essential for development for kids
- attachment behaviour pre-wired in infants - keep them close to parents - imprints faces
- traits and behaviour part of evolutionary system
- WHO report of institutionalised children - concept of Maternal Deprivation
- breaking the maternal bond w child during early years of life - serious effects on
intellectual, social & emotional development
- infants respond in similar way to everyone
- 5 months: discriminates in favour of caregiver
- 7 months: stay close to caregiver, “separation protest”, object permanence
- 3 years + : goal corrected partnerships: gets a sense of empathy
- 5 years: have an internal working model of child-caregiver relationship
- Ainsworth - The Strange Situation
- research strategy for attachment behaviour
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Document Summary
Close emotional relationship between two people - mutual affection and desire to maintain proximity (eynsenck) Emotional bond w specific person that endures throughout space and time (siegler) Affectional ties/emotional bonds between children and primary caregivers = part of development. Aspects of bonds between infant & caregiver. Shown by harlow"s work w infant monkeys (had abnormal behaviour when older) Iv = aspect of mother available to infant. Dv = amount of time spent w mother ; feeding time or being threatened. Close contact w adult essential for development for kids. Attachment behaviour pre-wired in infants - keep them close to parents - imprints faces. Traits and behaviour part of evolutionary system. Who report of institutionalised children - concept of maternal deprivation. Breaking the maternal bond w child during early years of life - serious effects on intellectual, social & emotional development. Infants respond in similar way to everyone. 5 months: discriminates in favour of caregiver.
