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attachment - Coggle Diagram

- - - - weakness - concept of monotropy lacks validity, most babies attach to one primary caregiver but not all, some attach to multiple at the same time, first attachment has significant effect on later relationships but this just means it's stronger and not necessarily different from other attachments as other attachments can provide the exact same thing as primary cg. however, other factors influence mothers attachment w their child, eg anxiety or sociability will affect social behaviours towards child therefore researchers overstated the importance of internal working model
      - strength - support for social releasers, Brazelton observed babies trigger interaction w releasers, when the primary figures didn't respond to the releasers the babies became more distressed and lay motionless. internal working model predicts patterns of attachment will be passed on through generations, Bailey et al (2007) studied 99 mothers and their attachment w their 1 year old baby, found that mothers w a poor attachment to their own primary caregiver meant a poorer attachment w their child
- - - - strength - good predictive validity, predicts babies later development, secure tends to develop better, better achievements in schl and less involved in bullying, better mental health in adulthood also (Ward et al). good reliability, covert, inter rater reliability, Bick et al, team of trained observers agreed on 94% of the attachment results, the stress behaviours are large and easy to observe
      - weakness - might not acc measure attachment, could just show genetically influenced anxiety levels. not a valid measure of attachment in other cultures, only valid for western cultures, collectivist cultures such as japan showed higher levels of anxiety, not because of insecure attachment but because separation from the mother is very rare