PSYC 2500 Chapter 11: psyc2500Ch. 11
9 Jun 2017
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11 attachment to others and development of self. Attachment an emotional bond with a specific person that is enduring across space and time. Usually, attachments are discussed in regard to the relation between infants and specific caregivers, although they can also occur in adulthood. Infant monkeys raised in isolation did not know how to interact with other monkeys. Adult females were not interested in sex, and if artificially impregnated, did not know what to do with babies at best, ignored or rejected them, at worst, attacked them. Attachment theory theory based on john bowlby"s work that posits that children are biologically predisposed to develop attachments to caregivers as a means of increasing the chances of their own survival. Attachment is innate, but development and quality of attachments are highly dependent on nature of experiences with caregivers: four phases of development of attachment. Infant produces innate signals (eg. crying), which summons caregivers, and infant is comforted by ensuing interaction.
