PSYC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Attachment Theory, Panel Data, Frontal Lobe

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC100
• Professor: Agnes R.Ly

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Imprinting- ex: birds, first thing that they see they become attached to. Human infants needed mothers as a food source. Experiment: raised by wired(food) or cloth(comfort) mother. When introduced to fear stimulant they would run to the cloth mother. Shows that attachment is due to more than just food. Stresses a critical period for attachment formation. Attachment to the mother ensures survival, care. Innate system of infant signals and parental responses. Secure attachment: 65% caregiver is consistent, predictable. Insecure-avoidant: 20% caregiver is not consistent, low emotional responsiveness. Insecure-ambivalent:10% caregiver is inconsistent, goes back & forth with responsiveness. Disorganized: less than 5% no pattern seen in babies, result of extreme neglect or child abuse, very atypical behaviors. **child"s attachment behaviors thought to be related to certain interaction patterns with a caregiver i>clicker. Aiden"s mother typically works while she is in the same room as him. Because she is working, she inconsistently interacts with him.