Attachment Theories
Activity One
I am attached to my mum. If she went away i would feel very sad and lost without her.
Activity Two
Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a biologist who originally studied molluscs (publishing twenty scientific papers on them by the time he was 21) but moved into the study of the development of children's understanding, through observing them and talking and listening to them while they worked on exercises he set.
His view of how children's minds work and develop has been enormously influential, particularly in educational theory. His particular insight was the role of maturation in children's increasing capacity to understand their world; they cannot undertake certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so.
He proposed that children's thinking does not develop entirely smoothly; instead, there are certain points at which it moves into completely new areas and capabilities. Put into four different stages of age. 0-2 years – sensory-motor, 2-7 years – pre-operational, 7-11 years – concrete operations and 11-adulthood – formal operations.
Activity Three
I do not agree with Bowlby.
Positives
- Parent gets to know everything about their child, e.g. what they hate, scared of etc.
- Child be used to same environment
- Cheaper for parent – no childcare fees
- Child may enjoy having all the attention all the time
- Parent/child form very strong relationship
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Negatives
- Child may not get to explore new environments
- Might not know how to play or build friendships with peers of own age
- Child may be too dependent on parent and not enjoy school
- Child may not be used to new adults telling them what to do
- A whole new routine for child
- Could be hard for child to trust anybody apart from parent
- not settle well to strangers
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Activity Four
Child is comfortable playing with stranger whilst mum is in the room, but when the mum leaves the child becomes upset and runs to the door waiting for mum to return.
I am attached to my mum. If she went away i would feel very sad and lost without her.
Activity Two
Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a biologist who originally studied molluscs (publishing twenty scientific papers on them by the time he was 21) but moved into the study of the development of children's understanding, through observing them and talking and listening to them while they worked on exercises he set.
His view of how children's minds work and develop has been enormously influential, particularly in educational theory. His particular insight was the role of maturation in children's increasing capacity to understand their world; they cannot undertake certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so.
He proposed that children's thinking does not develop entirely smoothly; instead, there are certain points at which it moves into completely new areas and capabilities. Put into four different stages of age. 0-2 years – sensory-motor, 2-7 years – pre-operational, 7-11 years – concrete operations and 11-adulthood – formal operations.
Activity Three
I do not agree with Bowlby.
Positives
- Parent gets to know everything about their child, e.g. what they hate, scared of etc.
- Child be used to same environment
- Cheaper for parent – no childcare fees
- Child may enjoy having all the attention all the time
- Parent/child form very strong relationship
-
Negatives
- Child may not get to explore new environments
- Might not know how to play or build friendships with peers of own age
- Child may be too dependent on parent and not enjoy school
- Child may not be used to new adults telling them what to do
- A whole new routine for child
- Could be hard for child to trust anybody apart from parent
- not settle well to strangers
-
Activity Four
Child is comfortable playing with stranger whilst mum is in the room, but when the mum leaves the child becomes upset and runs to the door waiting for mum to return.