Bowlby's theory on attachment

_____________ refers to one particular attachment that is different from all others and of central importance to a child’s development.

• Internal working model

• monotropy

• critical period

• sensitive period

The time within which an attachment must be formed is called ________, it lasts up to 2 years.

• Internal working model

• monotropy

• critical period

• sensitive period

The time within which a child is maximally sensitive is called ______, it is around 6 months.

• Internal working model

• monotropy

• critical period

• sensitive period

This is our mental representations of the world e.g. the representation we have of our relationship to our primary attachment figure.

• Internal working model

• monotropy

• critical period

• sensitive period

The biological mother needs to be present for monotropy

• true, she is special

• false, it doesn't need to be the biological mother or even a woman

Bowlby proposed two laws necessary for monotropy these are...

• the law continuity and law of accumulated

• The law of conservation and the law of access

• The law of continuity and the law of access

• The Law of conservation and the law of accumlated

The law of _________ states every single separation from the mother adds up.

• The law of continuity

• The law of conservation

• The law of access

• The law of accumulated

Which is NOT a social releaser

• smiling

• crying

• big eyes

• big forehead

According to the internal working model, if a child has primary caregiver who treats them poorly, they will look for a partner who...

• treats them lovingly

• makes them happy

• will also treat them poorly

• is the total opposite of their caregiver

A weakness is that genetic differences may play more of a role in sociability and anxiety leading to impacts on parenting ability.

• true

• false