CHYS 2P10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Developmental Psychology, Social Comparison Theory, Nuclear Family
31 Mar 2014
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Notices that infants who did not receive regular care from an individual caregiver showed. That is, the infants showed impoverished emotional development and a desire for affection (early on) The cupboard theory of attachment was initially proposed to explain the mother-infant bond. Infants bonded to the mother because she was a cupboard for their needs (e. g. , food, water, heat) (child is like a cupboard, mom with give you blankets, food. Harlow demonstrated that physical comfort was a critical factor. When you frighten the infant: love: comfort and security. Regardless of going to one that gives them the nutrients of life, they go for the one that gives them comfort. Infants want some kind of bond with caregiver: attachment. Bowlby was a psychoanalytical psychologist interested in studying children. Believed that there is an innate psychological mechanism for promoting a bond between caregiver and infant. Preattachment (0 - 6 weeks): the infant is indifferent to particular caregivers (i. e. , is indiscriminate)
