HDFS 1070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: John Bowlby, Object Permanence, Endorphins

• School: UConn
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HDFS 1070
• Professor: ronsabatelli

Document Summary

Infancy is not the first stage of life, prenatal is. This period of time experiences an enormous amount of development. Physically primed to socially interact with caretakers. Healthy baby is born ready to do this. Physically primed infant will suck the caretaker in to get what they require. When the caretaker responds and invites the attachment the baby will respond and suck us into caring for them. Cuddling, holding, and breastfeeding released endorphins and helps to solidify bonds. They are preprogramed to bond with us and we are preprogramed to bond with them. Born premature, without the physical cues and abilities that encourage us to bond to them. Make it harder to bond to the baby. They cannot respond to care in a way that ropes the caretaker into developing the habit. Ex. baby born with heroin addiction will be very disturbed and it is harder to develop a bond with them.