Mary AinsworthThree types of attachmentSecure attachmentVery upset when mom leaves (that’s ok and makes sense from an evolutionary perspective)Interesting is how they acted upon reunionChild hugs mom and is comforted by reunion with momAnxious-ambivalent insecureIf they weren’t cared forThe child is extremely hysterical and when mom returns the child doesn’t calm downAnxious-avoidant insecure attachmentCaregivers were somewhat inconsistentMay have responded other times and other times didn’t so child couldn’t depend on themErosion of trustChild in fear of abandonmentParents not responsive to needsDoesn’t show that much distress—an independence that’s not healthy for the ageVideoStrange situationChild and caregiver enter a room and after about three minutes and adult stranger comes in and begins to play with child. The caregiver leaves and begins to interact with the babySee how baby respondsAinsworth studied the relationship between infants and their primary caregiversBefore lab experiment, studied children in mothers in natural situationsSeparation is important but so is the unionThere are three different reactions—see aboveCurrent TrendsHazan and Shaver noted that infants and caregiver and adult romantic partners share the following features:Both feel safe when the other is nearby and responsiveBoth engage in close, intimate, bodily contactBoth feel insecure when the other is inaccessibleThe first self-report adult attachmentDeveloped by AinsowrthSecureAnxiousAvoidantBreakdown on slideBreakdown in adults is similar to the breakdown in adultsAttachment StylesBartholomew proposed four different categories of adult attachmentParagraphs in slideFour styles emerge, in part, from different global judgments of oneself and others:View of self vs. view of otherPositive vs. negative, positive vs. negative in both categoriesSecure, preoccupied, dismissing, or fearfulChart on slideshow on bbSecure people are low in both anxieties over abandonment and avoidance of intimacy. In contrast, last least one of the two is higher in all of the other 3 styles, all of which are insecureUnderlying Mechanisms of Attachment StylesCollis and Read suggested that we analyze data in terms of scores on dimensions rather than types‘Close’‘Depend’‘Anxiety’Barone’s Foster Youth StudyAttachment Styles in foster youth and non-foster youthMore fearful, preoccupied, and dismissing and less secure.PSYC 359 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I. Famous PsychologistsOutline of Current Lecture - Mary Ainsworth- Attachment StylesCurrent Lecture Mary Ainsworth- Three types of attachmento Secure attachment Very upset when mom leaves (that’s ok and makes sense from an evolutionary perspective) Interesting is how they acted upon reunion Child hugs mom and is comforted by reunion with mom o Anxious-ambivalent insecure If they weren’t cared for The child is extremely hysterical and when mom returns the child doesn’t calm down o Anxious-avoidant insecure attachment  Caregivers were somewhat inconsistent  May have responded other times and other times didn’t so child couldn’t depend on them Erosion of trust Child in fear of abandonment Parents not responsive to needs Doesn’t show that much distress—an independence that’s not healthy for the age- Videoo Strange situation Child and caregiver enter a room and after about three minutes and adult stranger comes in and begins to play with child. The caregiver leaves and begins to interact with the baby  See how baby respondso Ainsworth studied the relationship between infants and their primary caregiverso Before lab experiment, studied children in mothers in natural situations o Separation is important but so is the union There are three different reactions—see above Current Trends- Hazan and Shaver noted that infants and caregiver and adult romantic partners share the following features:o Both feel safe when the other is nearby and responsiveo Both engage in close, intimate, bodily contacto Both feel insecure when the other is inaccessible- The first self-report adult attachmento Developed by Ainsowrth Secure Anxious  Avoidant  Breakdown on slideo Breakdown in adults is similar to the breakdown in adults  Attachment Styles- Bartholomew proposed four different categories of adult attachmento Paragraphs in slideo Four styles emerge, in part, from different global judgments of oneself and others: View of self vs. view of other Positive vs. negative, positive vs. negative in both categories o Secure, preoccupied, dismissing, or fearful o Chart on slideshow on bb- Secure people are low in both anxieties over abandonment and avoidance of intimacy. In contrast, last least one of the two is higher in all of the other 3 styles, all of which are insecure  Underlying Mechanisms of Attachment Styles- Collis and Read suggested that we analyze data in terms of scores on dimensions rather than typeso ‘Close’o ‘Depend’o ‘Anxiety’ Barone’s Foster Youth Study- Attachment Styles in foster youth and non-foster youth o More fearful, preoccupied, and dismissing and less