Evaluation of Bowlby's theory
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- Evaluation of Bowlby's theory
- Weaknesses
- Schaffer and Emerson's study of 60 infants from Glasgow
- showed most infants formed first attachment with one person but nearly 1/3 formed multiple attachments - appeared to be no preferred attachment figure
- undermines Bowlby's theory of monotropy
- showed most infants formed first attachment with one person but nearly 1/3 formed multiple attachments - appeared to be no preferred attachment figure
- Kagan - the temperament hypothesis
- Kagan suggested attachment could be explained in terms of innate temperamental types
- infants who have an 'easy' temperament are more likely to become securely attached
- infants who have a 'difficult' temperament are more likely to be insecurely attached
- Kagan suggested attachment could be explained in terms of innate temperamental types
- Schaffer and Emerson's study of 60 infants from Glasgow
- Strengths
- Konrad Lorenz (study of geese)
- he separated two groups of goslings, one left with their mother, the other group were kept in the incubator
- when the eggs in the incubator hatched the first living thing they saw was Lorenz and so they started to follow him
- shows that bond formation between adult and infant is innate
- when the eggs in the incubator hatched the first living thing they saw was Lorenz and so they started to follow him
- he separated two groups of goslings, one left with their mother, the other group were kept in the incubator
- Hodges and Tizard (longitudinal study of children in institutional care)
- children who had formed no attachments in the early parts of their lives had difficulty forming relationships with peers
- supports Bowlby's theory of the critical period
- children who had formed no attachments in the early parts of their lives had difficulty forming relationships with peers
- Konrad Lorenz (study of geese)
- Weaknesses
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