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📋 Summary

Attachment Theory Basics 💕👶

PSY409 - Positive Psychology

1. Key Figures 👤

  • John Bowlby: Founder of attachment theory (1950s-60s) 📚
  • Mary Ainsworth: Strange Situation procedure 🔬

2. Four Attachment Styles 📊

  • Secure (~65%) - Uses caregiver as safe base 💚✅
  • Anxious-Ambivalent (~10%) - Clingy, ambivalent 💛😰
  • Avoidant (~20%) - Little distress, ignores caregiver 🧊
  • Disorganized (~5%) - Confused, contradictory 💔❓

3. Internal Working Models 🧠📋

  • Mental templates of self & others from early experiences
  • Self: "Am I worthy of love?" 💗❓
  • Others: "Can others be trusted?" 🤝❓
  • Affect relationships throughout life! 👶➡️👴