PSY BEH 11B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: John Bowlby, Ethology
24 Feb 2017
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What is attachment: a strong, enduring emotional bond formed between two people. Separation anxiety: child experiences anxiety when separated from caregiver. Why do attachment bonds grow: ethology, study of animal behavior in natural environments, survival(imprint), reinforcement(food), psychological comfort (harlow"s experiment; this is the monkey experiment) John bowlby: findings, children with prolonged separations / disruptions in their relationship with their mother were poorly affected and had difficulty relating to others. Bowlby"s theory: caregivers = secure base from which infants can explore, all infants for attachments to caregivers, quality of internal working models varies. Bowlby and ainsworth: bowlby, virtually all infants form attachments, ainsworth, identified different types of attachment relationships. Strange situation: parent and baby enter room, parent watches baby play, stranger comes in and parent leaves, parent returns and offers comfort; stranger leaves, parent leaves; stranger returns and offers comfort, parent returns and offers comfort.
