A Level Psychology Attachment Notes

18 pages of detailed notes covering the whole of the attachment topic (aimed at AQA)

Includes the following:

Caregiver-infant interactions in humans: reciprocity and interactional synchrony. Stages of
attachment identified by Schaffer. Multiple attachments and the role of the father.

Animal studies of attachment: Lorenz and Harlow.

Explanations of attachment: learning theory and Bowlby’s monotropic theory. The concepts
of a critical period and an internal working model.

Ainsworth’s ‘Strange Situation’. Types of attachment: secure, insecure-avoidant and
insecure-resistant. Cultural variations in attachment, including van Ijzendoorn.

Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation. Romanian orphan studies: effects of
institutionalisation.

The influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships, including the role of an internal working model.

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