PPT-Explanations of attachment: Bowlby’s theory of monotropy

Attachment Lesson 6 Bowlbys Theory of Monotropy Bowlbys Theory is based around 6 key concepts C ritical Period I nnate Programming I nternal Working Model M onotropy P roximity. Attachment Theory. Bowlby. viewed infants attachment to a caregiver as a mechanism that evolved to protect infants from predators.. According to ethological theory, infants and babies are biologically predispose to become attached to each other.. – Two different lines of research. Anneli Frostell. Div. of Cognition, Development and Disability. Dept. of Behavioral Science . and Learning. Linköping. university. Two lines of research. The “original” approach. Bowlby. Bowlby. was influenced by Freud and Lorenz ( imprinting) . He believed that attachment is innate and adaptive. We are all born with a need to form attachments. In line with . Darwins. theory on natural selection. PSYA1. What is Attachment?. A bond formed between animals or people, and continues to bind them through time. Wanting to gain and to keep close proximity to that person. Behaviours to keep the close proximity will be following, clinging, smiling, crying and calling. Emotionally Focused Therapy. Emotion-Focused Therapy. Emotion Focused Family Therapy. Emotion Focused Couple Therapy. Process-Experiential Therapy. With. Attachment Theory. 1. Attachment Theory. Developed since the 1950's by . Attachments and relationships are, for the majority of people, one of the most important aspects of their lives!. Developmental Approach. Developmental psychologists are interested in how people develop and change from before they are born, throughout their life.. What’s the evidence?. Harlow’s . Rheus. Monkey . Harlow & Zimmerman. . (1959) . found in their study of infant monkeys that when they were distressed they preferred to cling to a soft model rather than a wire mesh model which did provide food. . Attachment- Lesson 5. Answer the following. 1. The behavioural approach says all behaviour is ____________? . 2. The behavioural approach includes classical conditioning and what other type of conditioning?. Attachment influences a variety of perceptual and relational elements of the human condition and is considered a fundamental component in personality development. This is a brief exploration about how perceptions associated with early attachments influence relational choices today. . Theory. John . Bowlby. with Mary Ainsworth. John . Bowlby. Born February 26, 1907 in London to an upper-class English family. The fourth of six children, he was raised by a nanny as was customary at this time. His mother, though present, had little to do with the raising of him and her other children.. Objectives. AS homework – folder check next Wednesday . Memory mini mock feedback. Starter…. Why do your pets show a lot of affection to you when you are about to give them food?. Learning theory. http://shvedovskaya.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bowlby-john.jpg. “If a community values its children . It must cherish their parents.”. John Bowlby . Edward John Mostyn Bowlby. . February 26, 1907 - September 2, 1990. new combinations and with debates r aging about the emotional needs of schoolchildren and the ad-vantages and disadvantages of day care understand-ing all this seems more urgent than ever One group of Learning Theory. Vs. . Evolutionary Theory. Maccoby (1980). identified . four. characteristics. of . attachment. :. The infant seeks . proximity. , trying to stay near the caregiver. Both the infant and caregiver feel .