PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Disengagement Theory, Attachment In Adults, Mary Ainsworth

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology and Social Behavior
• Course: PSY BEH 101D
• Professor: thorsen,k

Document Summary

Parent- infant attachment: attachment is a close emotional bond between the infant and the caregiver, physiological preterm birth => need for primary care and protection . Making them needy : infants are endowed with functional predispositions for social interaction, i. e. , behavioral tendencies that . Attract caregivers attention (cuteness of face, crying) Entice motivation for caregiving (reduce distress, elicit smile: parents are predisposed to caregiving. Respond to infants" distress and positive social signs. Pioneers of attachment research: harry harlow (1959) Monkey studies on mother as source of food versus comfort: john bowbly (1969) Parent loss and psychopathology: mary ainsworth (1979) Patterns of secure and insecure attachment: alan sroufe (1985) Childhood and adulthood consequences of early attachment quality: phil shaver and mario mikulincer (1990"s- now) Consequences of early attachment on life-long social behavior. Monkeys prefer cloth surrogate mother, hours per day spent with cloth surrogate much higher than wire surrogate mother. Harlow"s study with novel and frightening object.