CLD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: 18 Months, Vasopressin, Autobiographical Memory
14 Nov 2018
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Can be defined as a strong, positive emotional bond with a particular person. You are usually happy to see that person and may be unhappy about separations. This is a person with whom you can feel free to. Child feels safe to explore while parent is there. John bowlby"s stages of the development of attachment. Pre-attachment (birth to 6 weeks): sensory preferences, social smile. Attachment in the making (6 weeks to 6-8 months): strange anxiety: clear-cut attachment (6-8 months to 18 months - 2 years): separation anxiety. Security of attachment: mary ainsworth"s strange situation. Mother and baby enter a comfortable room with the stranger, who immediately leaves. Stranger enters, and at the end of 3 minutes the mother leaves. Baby is in the room with the stranger, who may interact with the baby. Mother returns, stranger leaves and at the end of 3 minutes the mother again leaves. Stranger enters and may interact with the baby.
