Attachment

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Describe and evaluate caregiver-infant interactions, including reciprocity and interactional synchrony, and discuss procedures, findings and implications of research into these interactions.
Describe and evaluate stages of attachment identified by Schaffer and Emerson and explain the role of the father in attachment.
Describe and evaluate animal studies of attachment, including Lorenz and Harlow, and explain what these studies suggest about attachment formation.

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Describe and evaluate Ainsworth’s Strange Situation and attachment types, including secure, insecure-avoidant and insecure-resistant, and consider cultural variations in attachment.

Explain and evaluate maternal deprivation, Romanian orphan studies and the influence of early attachment on later relationships, including the internal working model, adult relationships and parenting.

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