Monotropy

Monotropy is the concept that infants have an innate and inborn capacity to attach primarily to a single caregiver or attachment figure. This concept was proposed by John Bowlby and is a component of attachment theory. Monotropy is a conceptual attachment formed by a close and important bond with a single primary caregiver. Bowlby proposed that if this monotropic bond did not occur then negative consequences could occur. Monotropy is part of the maternal deprivation hypothesis.


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mohammad looti (2025). Monotropy. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/trm/monotropy/

mohammad looti. "Monotropy." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 30 Sep. 2025, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/trm/monotropy/.

mohammad looti. "Monotropy." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2025. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/trm/monotropy/.

mohammad looti (2025) 'Monotropy', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/trm/monotropy/.

[1] mohammad looti, "Monotropy," PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, vol. X, no. Y, ص Z-Z, September, 2025.

mohammad looti. Monotropy. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. 2025;vol(issue):pages.

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Related terms:

  1. John Bowlby
  2. Deprivation Of Attachment
  3. Emotional Deprivation
  4. Internal Working Model
  5. Depressive Position
  6. Gender-Typing
  7. Gesture-Speech Mismatches
  8. Identification
  9. Internalization
  10. Kaufmann Assessment Battery For Children (KABC)
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