Bowlby's Attachment Theory
The development of a child is something that only theorists can estimate. There is not a way to fully tell the interest and growth of a child, except merely evaluating and observing them as they grow in age. Theories of Development Concepts and Applications envisioned many theories of how children grow, learn, and think. Several theorists such as Rousseau, Montessori, Gesell, Werner, and Piaget surfaced observations that they thought conducted of how children evolved. Many were based on the mere observation of the child itself, but several theories were built by the simple understanding of the age of the child. As I read and studied the book, I took endless amounts of notes trying to understand how each theorist thought and understood the development
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I believed his observations were very thorough and accurate. Phase 1 showed the responsiveness to people. At a young age, the child learned to react to people. They learned to smile and laugh at the look of a human’s face. Phase 2 the baby learned to remember familiar faces and people. This age was around 3 to 6 months. They learned to not always smile at every human but only to recognizable faces. When they saw an unfamiliar face, they tended to stare. The learned to babble only too familiar faces. Phase 3 was the stage where they learned attachment. This was around the age of 6 months to 3 years old. They grew a sweet attachment to the mother. If the mother drifted for a couple of days, in the return, the baby would have recognized the mother’s face and shown excitement to see her. It was a sweet connection the baby and mother shared at the young age of the child. As they grew older, they ventured out to explore the world around them. The child needed the mother’s presence near but was still able to walk away and investigate in other things in his or her surroundings. The child still required that affection from the mother, but he or she was able to move away to an extent. Phase 4 started at age 3 and ended at the end of childhood. The child was okay with the fact that the parent may have to step out of the room. They did not get upset, they merely kept attending to the prior activities placed before
I believed his observations were very thorough and accurate. Phase 1 showed the responsiveness to people. At a young age, the child learned to react to people. They learned to smile and laugh at the look of a human’s face. Phase 2 the baby learned to remember familiar faces and people. This age was around 3 to 6 months. They learned to not always smile at every human but only to recognizable faces. When they saw an unfamiliar face, they tended to stare. The learned to babble only too familiar faces. Phase 3 was the stage where they learned attachment. This was around the age of 6 months to 3 years old. They grew a sweet attachment to the mother. If the mother drifted for a couple of days, in the return, the baby would have recognized the mother’s face and shown excitement to see her. It was a sweet connection the baby and mother shared at the young age of the child. As they grew older, they ventured out to explore the world around them. The child needed the mother’s presence near but was still able to walk away and investigate in other things in his or her surroundings. The child still required that affection from the mother, but he or she was able to move away to an extent. Phase 4 started at age 3 and ended at the end of childhood. The child was okay with the fact that the parent may have to step out of the room. They did not get upset, they merely kept attending to the prior activities placed before