AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Characteristics of Attachment There are four basic characteristics that basically give us a clear view of what attachment really is. They include a safe heaven, a secure base, proximity maintenance and separation distress. These four attributes are very evident in the relationship between a child and his caregiver.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bowlby identified four types of attachment styles: secure, anxious-ambivalent, disorganised and avoidant.

Detailed explanation-3: -The features include the competence with which the caregiver alleviates the infant’s distress, the speed with which the caregiver responds to the infant, and the familiarity of the caregiver to the infant.

Detailed explanation-4: -Psychoanalytic theory according to Freud (1926), attributed the development of attachment to the satisfaction of the child’s instinctual drives by the mother. Freud stated that the emotional bond between mother and child forms as a result of the infant’s attachment to the mother as provider of food.