PSYC 2235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Heredity
18 Nov 2016
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Psyc 2235 - lecture 7 - social and personality development in infancy. Symbiotic relationship between mother and the infant. Attachment theory: the view that the ability and need to form an attachment relationship early in life are genetic characteristics of all human beings. Attachment: the emotional tie to a parent experienced by an infant, from which the child derives security. Synchrony: a mutual, interlocking pattern of attachment behaviours shared by a parent and a child. Bowlby"s four phases: non-focused orienting and signalling (birth to 3 months, focus on one or more figures (3 to 6 months, secure base behaviour (6 to 24 months) Reactive attachment disorder (rad): lack of attachment to any specific caregiver at an early age leads to an inability for the child to form normal, loving relationships with others. Stranger anxiety: expressions of discomfort, such as clinging to the mother, in the presence of strangers.
