Attachment (part 2): Explanations of Attachment, Strange Situation & Cultural Variations

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Across
  1. 5. theory A behaviourist explanation that suggests that attachments develop through classical and/or operant conditioning. (8,6)
  2. 7. This is proposed from Bowlby as a mental representation of their relationship with their primary care-giver. (8,7,5)
  3. 8. This attachment type is willing to explore, but also seeks proximity to the caregiver. They show moderate separation anxiety and moderate separation anxiety and stranger anxiety.
Down
  1. 1. A technique involving a controlled observation that is used to test a child's attachment patterns. (7,9)
  2. 2. Stage four of Shaffer and Emerson's theory. (8,11)
  3. 3. Bowlby originally suggested that if a child does not form an attachment before the age of two and a half years then an attachment would never occur. (8,6)
  4. 4. Also known as type C. This attachment type is not willing to explore and seeks greater proximity to the caregiver than other attachment types. (8,9)
  5. 6. A British psychologist who proposed an evolutionary explanation of attachment.