PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: 18 Months, Mother 3
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Criticisms of kohlberg"s theory: western cultural bias. Other cultures are more group oriented: gender bias. Carol gilligan said this theory emphasizes "justice" but women place more value on "caring: emphasis on "thinkin" not "behaviour" Biologically based style of behavioural and emotional reactions. Top 15% of behaviourally inhibited (shy) and unhibitied infants remained so from infancy to 7 and a half years. Strong emotional bond between children and primary caregivers. Contact comfort more important than nourishment in fostering attachment. Monkey experiment in which monkey chose soft mother over wire mother with bottle. According to hierarchy of needs, monkey should have chosen wire mother because it nourished it. However contact and comfort of soft mom was more important. Indiscriminate attachment behaviour (6 weeks 7 months) Distress over contact with unfamiliar people: separation anxiety. 12 to 16 months to 2 to 3 years. Happy when mother returns: resistant insecure attachment: When they"re with mother to start with, they don"t explore as much.
