Harlow and Bowlby

Attachment Definitions

100

Define Monotropy

Bowlby's idea that an infant forms one special, primary attachment

200

Define Social Releasers

Innate infant behaviors, such as crying and smiling, that trigger caregiving

300

Define Cupboard Love

The learning theory claim that attachment forms because the caregiver provides food

400

Define Privation

Never forming an attachment in the first place

500

Define Affectionless psychopathy 

a lack of guilt and empathy that Bowlby linked to early separation