Infant attachment

PYC4805 / ASSIGNMENT 1




PYC4805
ASSIGNMENT 1
ATTACHMENT DURING INFANCY




PLAGIARISM DECLARATION

1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another’s work and pretending that it

is one’s own work

2. I have used the American Psychological Association (APA) as the convention for

citation and referencing. Each significant contribution to, and quotation in, this

assignment from the work, or works of other people has been attributed and has been

cited and referenced.

3. This assignment is my own work

4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention

of passing it off as his or her own work.

5. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment, or part of it, is wrong,

and declare that this assignment is my own word.




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, PYC4805 / ASSIGNMENT 1

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. INTRODUCTION
2. DEVELOPMENT OF ATTACHMENT
2.1 Attachment phases
2.1.1 Pre-attachment Phase
2.1.2 Attachment in the making
2.1.3 Clear-cut / Focussed attachment
2.1.4 Working module
2.2 Attachment styles
2.2.1 Secure attachment
2.2.2 Insecure attachment
2.2.2.1 Avoidant attachment
2.2.2.2 Anxious-ambivalent attachment
2.2.2.3 Disorganised attachment
2.3 Influences on attachment
2.3.1 The caregiver
2.3.2 The child
2.3.3 Genetics
2.3.4 Abnormalities
2.3.5 Environment
3. CONCLUSION
4. REFERENCE LIST




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