Attachment

2. Atypical attachment type often linked to abuse or institutionalisation.
6. Time within which attachment must form or it may never develop properly.
12. Attachment type characterised by low stranger and separation anxiety.
14. The role of the caregiver in giving the infant confidence to explore.
15. Conducted meta-analysis on cultural variations in attachment.
16. Describes attachment as having evolved because it aids survival.
18. Bowlby’s theory that separation from the mother figure leads to long-term damage.
20. Developed the Strange Situation to assess types of attachment.
21. Type of attachment marked by clinginess and high stranger/separation anxiety.
22. Mutual responsiveness where caregiver and infant take turns in interaction.
24. Researchers who found evidence for imitation in infants as young as two weeks old.

1. Complete failure to form an attachment, often seen in extreme cases.
3. Attachment stage where infants show preference for people but no stranger anxiety.
4. Used rhesus monkeys to show the importance of contact comfort over food.
5. Later stage where infants form bonds beyond the primary caregiver.
7. Stage where separation and stranger anxiety is first observed.
8. Innate infant behaviours that trigger caregiving.
9. Argued that privation and deprivation should be distinguished.
10. Mirroring of actions and emotions between caregiver and infant.
11. Researcher who studied imprinting in geese to demonstrate innate attachment.
13. Form of attachment where children are overly friendly with strangers — common in institutionalised children.
16. First stage in Schaffer’s development model where infants respond similarly to all people.
17. Bowlby’s concept of a mental representation of the primary attachment relationship.
19. Assuming research findings from one culture can be generalised to another.
23. Bowlby’s idea that one attachment is more important than others.