Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL THEORY (Bowlby Attachment Theory (internal working model…
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL THEORY
Bowlby Attachment Theory
-
Believed children come into this world pre-programmed to form attachments with others, this will help them survive
loren'z (1935) study of imprinting - showed that attachment was innate and therefore has a survival value
-
attachment behaviour are instinctive and will be activated by any condition that seem to threaten the achievement of proximity, such as seperation, insecurity and fear
-
the babies have an innate "social releaser" such as crying and smiling, stimulating caregiving from adults
a child would initially from only one attachment as a base to explore the world. The attachment relationship acts as a prototype for all future social relationships so disrupting it can have severe consequenses
-
-
-