PSYC 153 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Stuffed Toy, Longitudinal Study, Situation Two
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Motivates approach: you want them to love you also, have this ongoing relationship, love of things- maybe just applying the word, romantic partners and family- prototypical examples. Behavioral systems: attachment system, caregiving system, mating (sex) system. Crushes- typically you have access to everyone who you know. Function: stay close to primary caregiver (mother) like 1950"s or 60s. Video- harlows monkeys: -plushy doll or doll that gives food- monkeys are with cloth monkey much more often. When there is a fearful situation goes to the plushy mother: maybe the reason you love your parents is that they give you food and things you want maybe it"s the conditioning process. With security there are other contextual things that make a monkey feel secure. Comfort and love seems crucial to it: early experience and environment were crucial as infant they would grow up incapable of forming relationships with other people. Secure base as important for child development- 4 stages of attachment (bowlby: 1.
