Bowlby's monotropic theory

A _______________ relationship is a warm, loving relationship an infant shares with one person.

An infant can only develop a monotropic relationship with their mother.

• True

• False

Sucking, clinging, following, crying, and smiling are all examples of ____________ ______________.

A carer who is emotionally sensitive will respond to its child’s ____________ ______________.

Bowlby arrgued that disruption to the monotropic relationsip within the ________________ _______________ would have long-term and irreversible consequences for the child’s social, emotional and intellectual development.

Bowlby believed we are all born a blank slate.

• True

• False

A child's _____________ ______________ ____________ is a cognitive framework for understanding the world based on the child's relationship with its primary caregiver.

Bowlby argued that an infant learns to cry so that its carer will feed it.

• True

• False

Which one of the following statements about the internal working model is false?​

• It’s a mental process

• It helps the child predict how its carer will behave

• It is influenced by the child’s genotype​

• It represents how the child sees themselves​

• It is formed from experience​

Which one of these concepts did Lorenz's research not provide evidence of?

• Monotropy

• The critical period

• The internal working model