Explanation of Attachments

BOWLBY'S THEORY OF ATTACHMENT

• EVOLUTIONARY- attachments are thought to develop through natural selection and a survival instinct
• INTERNAL WORKING MODEL- the childs first attachment will provide a template for future attachments including romantic ones
• MONTROPY- the innate tendancy to direct an attachment towards one single main caregiver 
• CRITICAL PERIOD- attachments are formed in the first three years and if not infants will struggle to form future attachments
• EVALUATION- Evidence to support the critical period ( harlow and lorenz), Schaffer and Emerson found that multiple attachments were the norm,…