ACCT20200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Evolutionary Medicine, John Bowlby, 18 Months
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Chapter 6: emotional and social development in infancy and toddlerhood. By the second half of the first year, infants have become attached to familiar people who have responded to their needs. Initial thoughts = believed that attachment had to do with mother providing sustenance to the child. Assume that the monkey would go to the mother that provided food, but the monkey did the opposite attachment is not necessarily based on resources, but rather on physical contact, which provides security. Attachment = based on security, safety, affection, warmth, and comfort: ethological theory of attachment: re(cid:272)og(cid:374)izes that the i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)t"s e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al tie to the caregiver is as an evolved response that promotes survival most widely accepted view. Preattachment phase: birth to 6 weeks grasping, smiling, crying, and other behaviors that bring infant into close contact with caregiver. Attachment-in-the-making phase: 6 weeks to 6-8 months infants respond differently to a familiar caregiver than to a stranger.
