Bowlby's Theory
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- Created on: 20-10-16 17:34
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- Explanations of Attachment- Bowlby's Theory
- Influences
- Evolutionary Theory
- If a child is attached to an adult then the child has a greater chance of survival
- Imprinting
- Freud's Ideas
- The mother-child relationship is important in shaping the child's future relationships
- Evolutionary Theory
- Social Releasers
- Instinctive behaviours such as smiling elicit caregiving behaviours in parents
- Monotropic Theory
- Relationship with mother is primary and more important
- There is a critical period for the primary attachment
- Internal Working Model
- A secure attachment will act as a template for the child's future relationships
- Internal Working Model
- Influences
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