Emotional Development

Bowlby's Four Stages of Attachment Formation: Indiscriminate Social Responsiveness (birth - 2 months)

Doesn't matter who is taking care of them, as long as their distress is taken care of.

Bowlby's Four Stages of Attachment Formation: Discriminating Sociability (2 through 6-7 months)

Could be stranger anxiety; forming attachment to people they like → respond positively.

Bowlby's Four Stages of Attachment Formation: Attachments (7-24 months)

Strength gets much stronger → very clear who they are attached to; one-way relationship: about what the caregiver does.

Bowlby's Four Stages of Attachment Formation: Reciprocal Relationships (24-30 months and onward)

Individual with whom they form attachment to, continue to reciprocate feelings and connections forever; the child starts showing connection; infants that grow up in an orphanage may not have this experience.

Significance of Secure Attachment: Adulthood (Insecurely Attached)

They don't trust that they are lovable; parents weren't always there for them → teaches them that they are not lovable; end up with poor internal working model; avoiding intimacy or close contact.

Percentage of adults who formed secure attachment with their parents/caregivers in infancy

65% of adults formed a secure attachment with their parents/caregivers in infancy.