PSY2510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: John Bowlby, Prosocial Behavior, Attachment Theory
17 Oct 2018
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Toddler"s emotions: primary emotions develop in infancy, toddlerhood is when social emotions develop, they include, guilt, shame, used in collectivistic countries. Insecure-avoidant attachment: no interaction with mother, no response upon separation or return. Insecure-resistant attachment: less likely to return, show distress upon separation, show ambivalence upon return: disorganized-disoriented: extremely unusual behavior, dazed when mother leaves and fear upon return. Attachment quality and later development: attachment theory suggests quality influenced by, maternal sensitivity: what a child needs at any given time, maternal responsiveness: quick to assist or soothe when needed. This can be learned: bowlby suggested that internal working model of attachment can apply to later relationships, research is mixed but the disorganized attachment does seem to be predictive of later problems. Critiques of attachment theory: child effect critique, children are born with different temperaments, influence is bidirectional, cultural critique, attachments are recognizable across cultures, may vary on parenting style, may vary on classifying insecurely attached infants.
