PSY210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: John Bowlby, Harry Harlow, Mary Ainsworth
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Close emotional bond with specific person across space and time. Institutionalized children led to understanding of the importance of parent-children interaction in development. Attachment is a concept that explains our behaviour. What we learn early in life in our close relationship is reflected in our relationships later on, it influences us. Doesn"t interact with others much, he stays back and observes when the nurse is playing with the other children. Tries to get the nurse"s attention becomes loud and dependent. As soon as he was reunited with his mother, he began crying. Doesn"t want to look at his mother for too long. When john looks directly at his mother, he looks at her with disdain. Leaves his mother"s side when she holds him. John tries to leave his mother when his father came. 1959 looked at young monkeys to see how attachments develop. Used windup toy to scare the monkeys and see how monkeys would react.
