Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Erik Erikson, Anna Freud, Job Satisfaction

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Special bonds forms between infant and primary caregiver (e. g. mom) (not exclusive to primary caregiver though) Chicks when they hatch, follow mom because she"s the first target they see when they"re born. Lorenz (experimenter) was present when chicks hatched, so chicks followed lorenz. Attachment to mom is side-effect of her ability to provide basic satisfaction (food) Babies show great interest in other people, even those who don"t satisfy basic needs (who don"t feed them) Harry harlow (50s and 60s) deprivation studies with monkeys. Baby monkeys prefer comfort touch and clinging (cloth mother) When they get hungry they feed off the wire mother, then go back to the cloth mother. Note: suggests that touch is very important for proper development. Run to mom when frightened --> mom = security. Premature infants discharged sooner if they"re picked up and touched (field, 1986) --> touch somehow helps developmental sequence kick in. Built-in attachment seeking mechanism --> free floating anxiety.