PSY353H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Postpartum Depression, Attachment Theory, John Bowlby
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The important things about attachment is that it isn"t a transient relationship, rather it"s long lasting. Proximity seeking behaviours: how the infant acts towards another individual in terms of if that infant wants to be near that individual. Why do infants form attachment: bowlby: attachment with mother gives child adaptive advantage promotes/enhances survival. Natural selection has selected for indiv who form attachments with primary caregivers to promote survival: attachment theory: sensitive responsiveness, attachment is child"s need to be safe from predators (temp. , feeding, etc. Harlow devised set of exp that looked at newborn babies that were taken away from birth mothers to controlled environments. Harlow evaluated whether feeding or contact comfort was more important to infant attachment. The baby monkey could choose the amount of time spent with either surrogate monkeys". Results: it wasn"t the access of the food that determined the amount of time spent with a surrogate.
