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We defined indiscriminate behavior as a pattern of wandering off without checking back, failing to exhibit expectable reticence with unfamiliar adults, and being willing to go off with a stranger. In addition, we noted whether children had a preferred attachment figure to whom they turned for comfort, support, and nurturance.
The Indiscriminate Attachments stage (6 weeks to 7 months) occurs as infants enjoy human company over objects, but respond similarly to any caregiver. They get upset when someone stops interacting with them. From about 3 months old, infants smile more at familiar faces and can be easily comforted by a familiar caregiver. No one
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John Bowlby, a British psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, developed attachment theory, which focuses on the importance of a secure and trusting mother-infant bond on development and wellbeing. He identified four phases of attachment. These stages reflect a process where each step builds upon the last, leading to a strong, secure attachment under idea...
Rudolph Schaffer and Peggy Emerson (1964) studied 60 babies at monthly intervals for the first 18 months of life (this is known as a longitudinal study). The children were all studied in their own homes, and a regular pattern was identified in the development of attachment. The babies were visited monthly for approximately one year, their interacti...
Bowlby, J. (1969). Attachment. Attachment and loss: Vol. 1. Loss. New York: Basic Books. Bowlby, J. (1973). Attachment and loss. Volume II. Separation, anxiety and anger. In Attachment and loss. volume II. Separation, anxiety and anger(pp. 429-p). Bowlby, J. (1980). Loss: Sadness & depression. Attachment and loss(vol. 3); (International psycho-anal...
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Feb 22, 2023 · Indiscriminate Attachment . Between 6 weeks of age to 7 months, infants begin to show preferences for primary and secondary caregivers. Infants develop trust that the caregiver will respond to their needs.
Jan 17, 2024 · The attachment behavioral system concerns the tendency of an individual to seek security during times of stress (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2003), which can be internal (i.e., hunger, fatigue, illness) or from external features of the environment, such as threatening stimuli (Bowlby, 1988).
Proposed explanations of social disinhibition. Zeanah, Smyke, and Dumitrescu (2002) define indiscriminate friendliness as ‘a pattern of wandering off without checking back, failing to exhibit reticence with unfamiliar adults, and being willing to go off with a stranger’ (p. 985).
