Attachment EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION Starter Complete the gapfill to

Attachment EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION

Starter Complete the gap-fill to remind you of the learning explanation of attachment

Learning objectives To outline the key components of Bowlby’s evolutionary theory To evaluate theory using research

Bowlby’s evolutionary theory Attachment is an evolutionary response Infants who become attached are more likely to survive Born with an innate drive to form an attachment to a caregiver What does innate mean? ?

Your task TASK 1 In your pairs you will have one assumption of Bowlby’s evolutionary theory Summarise this explanation in your own words Write these into your booklets TASK 2 Go find another pair who is doing a different explanation to you Fill each other in on your explanation Ensure you have noted the new assumption down in your booklet Continue with this until all four are completed!

Evaluation – does research support or refute theory? ? ? Use page 122 of your textbook to complete the research evidence in your booklets

Support Continuity hypothesis – Hazen and Shaver – Love quiz – those who were securely attached as children were more likely to describe their relationships as positive – happy friendly and trusting. BUT…. Schaffer and Emerson found infants and multiple secure attachments – so Bowlby’s idea of Monotropy (single attachment) may not exist. AND Rutter et al found that Romanian orphans could still develop normally and form attachments in later life despite being orphans raised in an institution with no attachment figures before the age of 4 – SO… THE CRITICAL PERIOD DOESN’T APPEAR TO EXIST

Check your knowledge! 1. What age is the critical period of attachment? 2. What is a social releaser? 3. Give an example of a social releaser an infant might display 4. What is an internal working model? 5. What does “monotropy” mean 6. Briefly outline one piece of research which supports the evolutionary theory 7. Briefly outline one piece of research with provides evidence against the evolutionary theory

Exam Q Outline Bowlby’s theory of attachment (6 marks)

Homework Complete Homework 1 in booklet For Wednesday 12 th Nov