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ATTACHMENT AO1 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - baby responds negatively to still face when signals ignored
  - - - adult displayed 1 of 3 expressions or gestures + baby's response filmed
      - babies expression/gestures more likely to mirror those of adult than chance would predict
    - - high levels of interactional synchrony associated with better quality mother-baby attachment
- - - - males less responsive to infant cues = less likely to form primary attachment
    - - uncommon for father to fulfil role closely resembling role of mother
    - - father mainly secondary attachment
      - 75% formed attachment with father by 18 months
  - - - quality of fathers play related to quality of attachment
      - fathers role = stimulatory
      - crucial for nurturing cognitive skills
      - no less important, just different
  - - - primary caregiver fathers spent more time smiling, imitating + holding infants than secondary caregiver fathers
- - - - food = unconditioned stimulus + being fed = unconditioned response (pleasure)
      - caregiver starts as neutral stimulus
      - overtime caregiver becomes associated with food, becoming conditioned stimulus
      - seeing food provider creates expectation of food
      - once conditioning has taken place sight of caregiver produces conditioned response
- - - - more constant child's care, better quality of attachment
    - - effects of each separation add up
- - - - delayed intellectual development characterised by low IQ
      - Goldfarb found lower IQ in children who'd remained in care compared to those who were fostered + received higher standard of emotional care
    - - affectionless psychopathy = inability to experience guilt or strong emotion
      - prevents person developing fulfilling relationships + associated with crime
      - can't appreciate feelings of victims so lack remorse
- - - - insecurely attached babies = friendship difficulties
    - - securely attached = unlikely to be involved in bullying
      - insecure avoidant = victims of bullying
      - insecure resistant = bullies
  - - - secure attachment = good + longer lasting romantic experiences
      - insecure avoidant = jealousy + fear of intimacy
    - - securely attached = best adult friendships + romantic relationships
      - insecure avoidant = struggle with intimacy
      - insecure resistant = problems maintaining friendships
    - - majority of women had same attachment classification as their mothers + their babies