A Level Psychology- Attachment

Notes for the AQA A level psychology ‘attachment’ modules. Includes outline and evaluative points on the Stages of Attachment by Schaffer and Emerson, Imprinting, the Role of the father, Caregiver and Infant interactions, the Learning Theory as an explanation for attachments, Bowlby’s Monotropic theory, Mary Ainsworth’s Strange situation, Cross cultural variations in attachments, Bowlby’s theory of Maternal Deprivation, Rutter’s Romanian orphan study and the influence early attachments have on childhood and romantic relationships.