AttachmentThe Science of Love?

Attachment

A strong emotional and psychological bond to a

particular individual

Why do human beings form these strong bonds?

•Have a look at the following images.

•Give one reason for each image why a child might make a strong bond with the people in the picture.

Attachment

•A strong, long term, emotional and psychological bond that develops over time between an infant and its primary caregiver (mother, father, caregiver)

How do we know a child has made an attachment to

someone?

•A child gets upset if separated from a particular individual.

•This is known as separation protest.

•A child spends most of its time looking at and wants to be close to a particular individual when in a group.

•This is known as proximity seeking.

Separation Protest

Proximity Seeking

Behaviour that psychologists think shows

attachment

•A child will go to a particular person when frightened, hurt, or upset, to be taken care of and comforted.

•A child will go to a particular person if approached by someone they don’t know.

•This is known as stranger anxiety.