Attachment
Tom Human Growth and Development
PSY 118 AD
Attachment
Attachment is an emotional bond to another person. Attachment is very important in an early child development. Attachment has become an important topic in the field of childcare., mental health treatment, parenting and education. Attachment help the child to gain his full intellectual potential; sort out what he perceives; logical thinking; development of a conscience; cope with stress and frustration and many other aspects of everyday living. Attachment is the most critical thing that happens in infancy other than meeting the baby’s physical needs. John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth and Margaret Mahler were psychologists who helped us to better understand how attachment is important in early life development and how these early childhood attachments can possibly impact adult behaviors later in life.
John Bowlby, was born in a upper middle class family in England. His parents would only spent a small amount of time with him per day. His parents believed that if they spent too much time with children would make them spoil. Later on his life John Bowlby said that his early child experience as traumatic experience. John Bowlby later on studied psychology. John Bowlby, believes that early bonds with there primary caregivers has a huge impact lasts a lifetime. He described attachment
as a lasting psychological connection between human being. The infant knows that the caregivers are dependable, which creates a secure base for the child so they can explore the world.
Mary Ainsworth was born in the US. She later on worked with John Bowlby at the Tavistock Clinic in England. He work was very similar to John Bowlby She then returned to the US to teach at the famous university of John Hopkins where created a assessment to measure attachment between mothers and children. That’s where she created her famous Strange Situation Assessment. During this study researches observed children
PSY 118 AD
Attachment
Attachment is an emotional bond to another person. Attachment is very important in an early child development. Attachment has become an important topic in the field of childcare., mental health treatment, parenting and education. Attachment help the child to gain his full intellectual potential; sort out what he perceives; logical thinking; development of a conscience; cope with stress and frustration and many other aspects of everyday living. Attachment is the most critical thing that happens in infancy other than meeting the baby’s physical needs. John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth and Margaret Mahler were psychologists who helped us to better understand how attachment is important in early life development and how these early childhood attachments can possibly impact adult behaviors later in life.
John Bowlby, was born in a upper middle class family in England. His parents would only spent a small amount of time with him per day. His parents believed that if they spent too much time with children would make them spoil. Later on his life John Bowlby said that his early child experience as traumatic experience. John Bowlby later on studied psychology. John Bowlby, believes that early bonds with there primary caregivers has a huge impact lasts a lifetime. He described attachment
as a lasting psychological connection between human being. The infant knows that the caregivers are dependable, which creates a secure base for the child so they can explore the world.
Mary Ainsworth was born in the US. She later on worked with John Bowlby at the Tavistock Clinic in England. He work was very similar to John Bowlby She then returned to the US to teach at the famous university of John Hopkins where created a assessment to measure attachment between mothers and children. That’s where she created her famous Strange Situation Assessment. During this study researches observed children