PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Longitudinal Study, Harry Harlow, Ethology

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology and Social Behavior
• Course: PSY BEH 101D
• Professor: Jutta Heckhausen

Document Summary

3 min: types of attachment, secure attachment (type b, protest, cry when mother leaves, happy reunion. Insecure avoidant attachment (type a: no protest or crying when mother leaves, avoidant when mother returns. Insecure ambivalent/resistant attachment (type c: anxious even before mother leaves, upset when she leaves, seek contact but kick and squirm when mother returns. Insecure disorganized/disoriented attachment (added by main & solomon: may have most maladaptive consequences. Insecure attachment: anxious-resistant anxiety, anxious-avoidant aggression, disorganized-disoriented strongest disturbance, longitudinal study of disadvantaged children, secure attachment enables resilience to adversity. In adolescence: more self reliable, fewer problems, better peer relations, better school performance: early relationships disturbances lead onto pathways to disorder, early parent-infant relationship, establish fundamental patterns of emotional regulation. Mario mikulincer: avoidant, seek optimal distance from others, maximize self-reliance, maximize control of social interactions, fear of intimacy, appraise/present self as unrealistically independent not needing help, emphasize differences between self and others.