PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: 18 Months, Parenting Styles

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Attachment: a strong emotional connection, such as the bond between a child and a caregiver: at first, it was believed to be all about being fed. Initial bond between infant and caregiver develops from the basic needs of safety survival: later evidence shows attachment is a foundation for seeking others for physical and psychological comfort. Especially when feeling stressed or insecure: harlow"s work, his results: Food versus physical comfort: what drives the formation of attachment. Cloth mother" regardless of food, won each and every time. Maybe attachment is more than just about food. The cloth mother was was not responsive and non of the monkeys were well socially or sexually developed. These experiments would not pass ethics today. How to ethically study this phenomenon in humans. Infants are in close contact with caregivers and rely on them for all needs. Not distressed when caregivers leave them with someone else.