Attachment 1:nature, consequences & development
After studying this topic you should be able to:
- describe the nature, consequences and development of attachment
The nature and consequences of attachment
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- Notice that some benefits of attachment are short-term ones while others are long-term.
The development of attachments
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- The words ‘mother’ and ‘maternal’ are used to refer to a ‘mother-figure’ – this need not necessarily be a woman.
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- Separation protest and stranger anxiety are both forms of distress displayed by an infant who can now distinguish between known and unknown people. Both behaviours are related to the formation of attachments.
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- Monotropy means ‘turning towards one person’. Monotropy doesn’t exclude multiple attachments but is the view that there is one special relationship that is at the top of the hierarchy of the infant’s other relationships.
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Progress check
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