A PSY 450T Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mary Ainsworth, Attachment Theory
Document Summary
One of the biggest theories in social psychology for a while, late 90s early 2000s. John goldy, psychodynamic freudian believer (parents shape child) 1940s. England during wwii was a stressful environment so he wondered how this environment would shape children as they have grown up (lost of orphans) 1969 landmark book came out 25 years later, the last book came out in 1980. His ideas were based on psychodynamic ideas and wouldn"t have made it as mainstream if it wasn"t for mary ainsworth who made it more scientific principle (reason: attachment helps us survive) The strange situation: means of investigating attachments in infants. Research hasn"t looked at fathers attachment with the child. About 60-70% of babies are secure, 10-15% are anxious avoidance, 10-15% are anxious-ambivalent, 10-15% are avoidant. In japan, the numbers for anxious attachment styles are much higher because of cultural differences and parenting. Babies who cry a lot have a higher chance of developing an anxious attachment style.
