John Bowlby
John Bowlby:
John Bowlby was the first psychologist who started an extended study on attachment. According to Bowlby's Attachment Theory, attachment is a ‘lasting psychological connectedness between human beings’.
What is attachment- When a person is emotionally bonded with another person then attachment starts. Attachment can be defined as a unique emotional bond held between carer and child. Bowlby believed that early experiences in childhood can have a lasting impression on your development and can affect you later in life. He believed that our attachment styles are influenced by the relationship between care giver and infant.
Characteristics of attachment:
Proximity maintenance- The desire to be near people we are attached to
Safe haven- Returning to the care giver for comfort and safety after child is faced with a fear or threat
Secure base- The attachment figure acts as a base of security from which the child can explore the surrounding environment
Separation distress- Anxiety and distress that occurs in the absence of the attachment figure
Types of attachment:
1. Secure Attachment- When children are securely attached to their caregivers , they feel happy whenever their caregivers are around, but are upset when they get separated from them. However even in the absent of the parents the child still feels secure and trusts the care giver shall return at some point.
2. Ambivalent Attachment- A child who is ambivalently attached becomes very upset and distressed whenever he gets separated from their parent. The child does not feel that he can rely on his caregiver whenever he is in need of something.
3. Avoidant Attachment- a child who has an avoidant attachment tends to keep away from their parents. They are unable to use parent as a secure base. Some research suggests that this may be a cause of parents who are neglecting or abusing their children.
4. Disorganized Attachment- This is when there is no clear or even mixed attachment between the child and
John Bowlby was the first psychologist who started an extended study on attachment. According to Bowlby's Attachment Theory, attachment is a ‘lasting psychological connectedness between human beings’.
What is attachment- When a person is emotionally bonded with another person then attachment starts. Attachment can be defined as a unique emotional bond held between carer and child. Bowlby believed that early experiences in childhood can have a lasting impression on your development and can affect you later in life. He believed that our attachment styles are influenced by the relationship between care giver and infant.
Characteristics of attachment:
Proximity maintenance- The desire to be near people we are attached to
Safe haven- Returning to the care giver for comfort and safety after child is faced with a fear or threat
Secure base- The attachment figure acts as a base of security from which the child can explore the surrounding environment
Separation distress- Anxiety and distress that occurs in the absence of the attachment figure
Types of attachment:
1. Secure Attachment- When children are securely attached to their caregivers , they feel happy whenever their caregivers are around, but are upset when they get separated from them. However even in the absent of the parents the child still feels secure and trusts the care giver shall return at some point.
2. Ambivalent Attachment- A child who is ambivalently attached becomes very upset and distressed whenever he gets separated from their parent. The child does not feel that he can rely on his caregiver whenever he is in need of something.
3. Avoidant Attachment- a child who has an avoidant attachment tends to keep away from their parents. They are unable to use parent as a secure base. Some research suggests that this may be a cause of parents who are neglecting or abusing their children.
4. Disorganized Attachment- This is when there is no clear or even mixed attachment between the child and