PSYCH 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mary Ainsworth, Good Will Hunting, John Bowlby
11 Mar 2018
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Babies become attached to their teddy bears and blankets. The nature and quality o f att achme nt. Research up close: early experience, hormones, and attachment. Real-world application: attachment when mother goes to prison. Stabilit y and conseque nces o f att achme nt. Attachments to both mother and father are related to later development. Into adulthood: from early attachment to later romantic relationships. Infant-parent attachment--many movies focus on attachment relationships between children and parents. Rabbit-proof fence (2001) is depicts how attachment bonds buffer children from adversity and are maintained even under difficult circumstances. Australian government policy that required aboriginal children to be resocialized, children were separated from their families. This movie tells the story of three of these children who were separated but escaped and endured an arduous journey to be reunited with their parents. Sam (2001) is a movie illustrating a child"s unshaking attachment to her father despite his mental problems.
