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    Authoritative parenting[edit source | editbeta] The parent is demanding and responsive. When this style is systematically developed‚ it grows to fit the descriptions propagative parenting and concerted cultivation. Authoritative parenting‚ also called ’assertive democratic’[15] or ’balanced’ parenting‚[16] is characterized by a child-centered approach that holds high expectations of maturity. Authoritative parents can understand how their children are feeling and teach them how to regulate feelings

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    Outline and evaluate the evolutionary theory of human attachment 12 marks Bowlby put forward a theory of attachment based on the adaptive advantage we get through an innate tendency to form attachments with our caregiver. Bowlby adopted the idea of a critical period from ethologists like Lorenz and applied this to his explanation of how human infants form an attachment. The critical period hypothesis states that if you fail to attach between two and a half years‚ the child will suffer irreversible

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    Impact of Childhood Attachments on Adult Health and the Establishment of Relationships Patricia L. Fowler Liberty University COUN 502 – Human Growth and Development Dr. Luanne Bender Long October 08‚ 2012 Abstract Clinical research has demonstrated that there is a direct correlation between the parent-child attachment and the psychodynamics of adult relationships. The theory of attachment‚ by John Bowlby‚ has been instrumental

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    Bowlby’s attachment theory he stated 6 clear factors that were integral to the development of attachment from an infant to its primary care giver. Firstly‚ Bowlby stated that attachment is “adaptive and innate” meaning through evolution; attachment is a behavioural system that has become crucial to survival and therefore the continuation of the species. His second factor was the “sensitive period” in which there is a critical window of opportunity for an infant’s innate sense of attachment to develop

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    influence of a positive attachment can enrich an infant’s behavioural development (Peterson 2010‚ pp.140-150). Erikson (cited in Peterson 2010‚ p.51) theorises that to mould a positive attachment an infant must achieve a balance of the psychosocial stage of ‘trust versus mistrust’. The achievement of this stage combined with the infant’s environment‚ social arena‚ and how infants see themselves as individuals is dependant on a positive attachment. With an understanding of Erikson’s theory and knowledge of

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    Kendra Cherry “A dream can include any of the images‚ thoughts and emotions that are experienced during sleep. Dreams can be filled with joyful emotions or frightening imagery; focused and understandable or unclear and confusing.” There are many theories about why we dream and what purpose dreams are for but some researchers suggests that dreams serve no real purpose while others suggests that dreams are connected to mental‚ emotional‚ and our physical well-being. Some people thinks that dreams have

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    Some adverse challenges tScholars have noted that societies adjust to different social factors by using particular family compositions. Throughout history‚ families have taken on many different forms‚ shaped by economic and social factors. These family forms sometimes changed within the same country as the needs of families changed. In the past‚ for example‚ families often had more children than the average family does today. In part‚ this is because children represented an economic benefit for families

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    Attachment in Infants Jessica N. Summerlin Rasmussen College Attachment in Infants Ever wonder where to draw the line with the amount of attention you give an infant? Is there such thing as giving an infant too much attention? These are hard questions to answer and there is much debate on the topic; what is a good amount of attention to give an infant and how attention is related to attachment. The people that give attention and grow attached to an infant could be doing them

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    Abstract Parenting is a complex activity that includes many specific behaviors that work individually and together to influence youth. A parenting style is defined as a psychological construct representing standards‚ strategies‚ and mindsets that parents use in child rearing. Developmental psychologists have long been interested in how parents impact child development. Theories and opinions concerning which ways are most constructive in rearing children‚ as well as how much time and effort should

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    are different types of parenting styles and these parenting styles will affect a child’s behavior and upbringing. As we know‚ there are three types of parenting styles they are authoritative‚ authoritarian and laissez fair. Each of these parenting styles has a different outcome towards a child’s behavior and personality. Authoritative style refers to a more balance ground between being too strict and granting too much of freedom (Dewar‚ 2010). Meanwhile‚ authoritarian style is demanding but not nurturing

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