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Attachment

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Past Exam Questions

Animal studies

Learning theory of attachment

Bowlby's monotropic theory

Ainsworth's strange situation

Cultural variations in attachment

Maternal deprivation

Institutionalisation

The influence of early attachment

Animal studies of attachment: Lorenz and Harlow.
Explanations of attachment: learning theory and Bowlby’s monotropic theory. The concepts of a critical period and an internal working model.
Ainsworth’s ‘Strange Situation’. Types of attachment: secure, insecure-avoidant and insecure-resistant. Cultural variations in attachment, including van Ijzendoorn.
Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation. Effects of institutionalisation, including the English and Romanian Adoptees project.
The influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships, including the role of an internal working model.

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