Psychology 2410A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Isoniazid, Primate, American Babies

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Lynne Zarbatany

Document Summary

Attachment the strong &enduring emotional bond between a child &a significant other. &the process that create &maintain this long-lasting social relationship. Human infants &infants of other species form bonds to those who take care of them &behave in ways that set up &maintain proximity to their caregivers. Bonds between infants &caregivers develop out of an ability to puck out &partially understand social beings. Infant do not seem to have: develop between the 7th or 7th month, considers bonds as part of an attachment complex &focuses on the attachment behaviours that set up &maintain bonds between offspring &caregivers. Considers analogous systems at work in many other species: examines the similarities &differences in the ways that offspring in other species attach to their caregivers. Secure base safe haven (usually a caregiver) in situations that infants find threatening or frightening: feel comfortable exploring from here.