FMLY 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: John Bowlby

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Family Social Sciences
• Course: FMLY 1010
• Professor: Christine A.Schippers

Document Summary

Attachment = the emotional tie to a parent experienced by an infant, form which the child derives security. Depends on quality and quantity of interactions that take place between infant and parents. Contact between mother an infant immediately after birth is not enough to form a stable long-term bond. Synchrony = a mutual, interlocking pattern of attachment behaviours shared by a parent and a child o. Essential aspect of the formation of a relationship bond. Father"s (cid:271)o(cid:374)d (cid:449)ith i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)t also depe(cid:374)ds (cid:373)ore o(cid:374) s(cid:455)(cid:374)(cid:272)hro(cid:374)(cid:455) tha(cid:374) o(cid:374) i(cid:374)itial (cid:272)o(cid:374)ta(cid:272)t. Fathers have same attachment behaviours as mothers do (initially) After the first fe(cid:449) (cid:449)eeks, (cid:373)other"s a(cid:374)d father"s atta(cid:272)h(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iours te(cid:374)d to differ. Father more involved in play and physical roughhousing: mother more involved in caregiving, talking, smiling. Infants display distinct responses to these differences by 6 months. Babies show gradual/subtle smiles when interacting with mother. Babies laugh in short/intense bursts in interactions with father. Not a matter of preference of either parent.