Lecture 25Attachment TheorySecurely: View themselves as able to get close to others. As able to depend on others, as being someone that others will depend on. They won’t worry about being abandoned or about someone getting too close. Avoidantly: Dismissing. They are a little uncomfortable with being to close to others. They find it difficult to trust others to depend on them. Their partners may want more intimacy than they are comfortable with.Ambivalently: Preoccupied. They would like to get close to others, but find that others are reluctant to get as close to them as they would like. They worry their partner doesn’t really love them. May scare others away.Monotropy: Bowlby’s term which describes the tendency of a child to form a special attachment to a figure (especially if tired or ill). There is the possibility for multiple attachments (arranged by hierarchy). 24% of infants had stronger attachment with their fathers over their mothers (Colin).Research on fathers and attachment: Some studies show that when in a non-stressful (natural) setting that children show no signs of preference. Boys did These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. HDFS 135 1st Editionshow a stronger preference for fathers the second year of life where girls showed no preference (Lamb).Attachment Disorder: A mental and emotional condition occurring in the first two years of life that causes a child not to attach, to bond, or to trust his primary caregiver.Symptoms: Manipulative: (Superficially engaging “charming” phonies, Cute is control and safe). Lack of eye contact on parent’s terms. Lacking ability to give and receive affection (not cuddly), Not affectionate on parent terms. Lack of impulse control. Causes: Maternal drug and/or alcohol use during pregnancy. Premature birth. Abuse (physical, emotional, sexual). Neglect. Sudden separation from primary caretaker (illness or death of mother or chronic illness or hospitalization of child).Children with attachment disorders have trouble trusting others. Loving must bedone on their terms so that they will not be hurt
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