PSY 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Emotion Classification, John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth
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Attachment defined: bowlby: enduring social-emotional bond b/w child & caretaker, characterized by child"s: Desire to be close to caretaker: sense of security around caretaker, distress when caretaker absent. The role of fathers: bonding w/ dad too: spend more time playing, dads do fewer caregiving tasks, dads play more physical games. Infants prefer to play with dads: find mom when distressed. Attachment styles: mary ainsworth & the strange situation: baby left in room by mom, with or without a stranger. Stranger comes in with the child: mother soon rejoins the child, after 2 years of age method is no longer useful, secure: cry when mom leaves, happy upon return, more sociable, secure, confident. Predictors of attachment style: our first social relationship: basis for all other social relationships in life, sets our initial expectations for, stable social exchange, trusting / confiding, becoming warm / caring parents in later life.
