10) What is attachment? What is the difference between secure attachment, insecu
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10) What is attachment? What is the difference between secure attachment, insecure/avoidant attachment, and insecure/ambivalent attachment? 11) What is imprinting? Do humans exhibit imprinting? 12) Be able to describe Harry Harlow's experiment with rheseus monkeys. What does it tell us about how attachment bonds form? What is contact comfort? 13) What is the "Strange Situation" and what is it used to measure? Know the way infants of each attachment style 14) Where does infant attachment come from? What does it 15) According to Hazan and Shaver, what is adult 16) What are the three attachment styles (discussed in class) 17) What is self-control? What does it help us to do? How is 18) Know the basic set up of the Mischel Marshmallow study. tend to respond to this situation. predict? attachment? characterized by? self-control a limited resource? What did they find when they followed up with these kids many years later?Explanation / Answer
Attachment, simply put, means anything that is an add on. something that is extra than the basic. In context of the question asked. Attachment can be a close,strong, affectionate bond one shares with an object/person. and more so in the context of the question we are looking at the attachment between the parent/caregiver and the child, its an emotional bond too.
It is a feeling that nurtures the emotional and mental hygiene of the two individuals involved and boosts a feeling of wellbeing and safety. Harlows experiment on attavhment even spoke of 'contact comfort', which ushered a feeling of assurance and safety noticed in the young monkey just by its physical proximity to the mesh but covered by felt cloth,monkey. One distinct point here is that just satisfaction of bodily needs does not induce the feeling of attachment. Attachment is not just the connection between two people, its a bond.
Now lets look at the types of attachment styles asked here,
1. Secure attachment: Child here finds himself emotionally attached to his parents , that their absence bothers him, but is also emotionally well regulated to be pacified on having his parents around.The parent/mother is the source of the secure feeling.The child is not left to seek for attention of their parent.The child here finds himself in capacity to explore the surroundings around him when he has his parents around. He is not clinging to them for the feeling of safety and assurance. A child with secure attachment style will prefer his caregiver over a stranger.
2. Insecure /Avoidant: The name indicates the lack of attachment between the parent and the child. The parent is not seen as the source for attachment/ affection. The child is found to be not bothered by the absence or presence of his/her parent around. The child seems to be finding his caregiver as non responsive when their help is needed. The child will not deny any attention if given, but will not actively seek any. The child will show no difference between his choice over his caregiver and a complete stranger.
3. Insecure/Ambivalent: Children with this style of attachment are greatly disturbed by their parents absence. they absolutely are not comfortable with strangers around.Even on signs of their parents return , the child is not assured. To understand it simply, they have an element of mistrust and do not feel assured even when their parents return. The child finds his caregiver as a unavailable one when their help is needed. Hence even when physically present, the child does not feel his needs will be reciprocated and met. They can be extremely clingy. The child will never inch close to explore his environment and will be on high alert and on a watchout for his parents.
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