Psychology - Developmental - Key terms

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Affectionless psychopathy

A term used by Bowlby to describe people who don’t show concern or affection for other people and show no or very little remorse or guilt

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Asocial stage

Stage from 0-6 weeks where infant may respond to faces or voices but an attachment has not been formed

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Attachment

Two-way enduring emotional tie to another person - demonstrated through separation anxiety, stranger anxiety and seeking proximity.

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Contact comfort

The physical and emotional comfort that an infant receives from being close to its mother

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Continuity hypothesis

The idea that early relationships with caregivers predict later relationships in adulthood

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Critical period

A time period where an attachment has to form or it never will

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Disinhibited attachment

Child shows equal affection to strangers as they do to people they know well

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Evolutionary explanation

Explanation for behaviour such as attachments that views it as increasing survival chances

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Imprinting

Where offspring follow the first large moving object they see

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Indiscriminate attachment

Infants aged 2-7 months can discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar people but do not show stranger anxiety

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Innate behaviour

A behaviour that is instinctive and does not need to be learned

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Insecure avoidant attachment

Attachment classification in Strange Situation where child shows low stranger and separation anxiety and little response to reunion

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Insecure resistant attachments

Attachment classification in Strange Situation where a child shows high stranger and separation anxiety and resists comfort or reunion

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Institutionalisation

The effects of growing up in an institution, such as a children’s home or orphanage

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Interactional synchrony

Infant and caregiver reflect eachother’s emotions in a coordinated manner

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Internal working model

Mental representation of our relationship with our primary caregiver that becomes a template for future relationships

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Learning theory

Explanations that emphasise the role of learning in acquiring behaviours such as attachment

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Maternal deprivation hypothesis

Separation from the mother figure in early childhood, leading to serious consequences

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Monotropy

A unique and close attachment to one person - the primary attachment figure

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Multiple attachments

Formation of emotional bonds with more than one carer

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Privation

Failure to form an attachment in early childhood

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Proximity seeking

The way that infants try to maintain physical contact or be close to their attachment figure

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Reciprocity

Infant and caregiver match eachother’s responses

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Secure attachment

Most desirable attachment classification in Strange Situation where child shows separation anxiety, stranger anxiety and joy on reunion

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Sensitive period

The best time period over which attachments can form

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Separation anxiety

Degree of distress shown by the child when separated from the caregiver

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Social releasers

Innate behaviours shown by an infant that lead to a caregiving response

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Specific attachment

Infants aged 7 months tend to show a strong attachment to one particular person and are wary of strangers

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Strange Situation

A controlled observation used to test children’s attachment patterns

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Temperament

The characteristics and aspects of personality an infant is born with and that might impact on its attachment type