PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Konrad Lorenz, Harry Harlow, Mary Ainsworth
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Understand harlow"s role in the understanding of attachment. Explain and describe the importance of the strange situation. Rationalist answer: they know what"s good for them. The correct answer is the nativist answer: evolution has built an attachment system into children and parents. Rhesus monkey seek: o contact comfort more than milk o especially when frightened. Young malls have competed needs for: o safety --child - exploration. The attachment system is like thermostat, balancing the two needs. Child will explore when it has a secure home base. Secure: distress at separations, comfort at reunions. Anxious: ambivalent: anxiety throughout, not easily comforted. A child"s style appears to result from the interaction of the quality of mothering (especially responsiveness), the culture, and the child"s innate temperament. Be ready for example: here"s an example of what we do, what part of the brain would this go under? o be able to link parts of brain to examples.
