Why is attachment important? Evolutionary Morss‚ (1990) states that: “Attachment behaviour is‚ in general‚ taken to have such a strong connection with survival that its universality can only be explained by evolutionary selection.” The belief that attachment is an evolved human trait has its roots in Darwin’s theory of evolution‚ where “male–female attachment evolved primarily to sustain affiliative connections long enough to complete species-specific parental duties” (Fisher‚ 1998) and parent-child
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born with a certain attachment and does it reflect in our romantic relationships? A psychologist‚ Phillip Shaver‚ uses models of attachment that he studied from childhood and applied to the differences of attachment in adult relationships (Freidman & Schustack‚ 2012). He discusses the 3 styles of attachment‚ which are secure‚ avoidant‚ and anxious-ambivalent lovers. Although‚ Shaver founded these attachment styles‚ they are very similar to Karen Horney’s basic anxiety theory. He describes the secure
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Barth says that ‘The one great dogmatic problem of the doctrine of infant baptism [...] is that of relating baptism on the one side to the faith of those baptised on the other.’ (CD IV.4.185). The link between water baptism and faith in Jesus appears to be the key to the issue of infant baptism. This essay will discuss how church theologians have related these two together and show how they have attempted to solve this issue in history. This essay will show that the basis of the issue needs to
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In this essay I aim to describe two theories (Equity Theory and Social exchange theory) of relationships and to consider how they might influence the therapist engaged in couples counseling‚ noting their similarities and differences. Equity theory is a theory about fairness. Its application to close relationships has been primarily advanced by Elaine Hatfield (previously known as Elaine Walster) and her colleagues in the book Equity: Theory and Research (Walster‚ Walster‚ and Berscheid 1978). The
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how childhood experiences of attachment and separation can affect relationships in adulthood. Abstract This qualitative research was conducted to ascertain if the attachment style a person has as an adult is created or influenced by his/her interactions with early childhood experiences. The research was carried out by means of a thematic analysis of an interview of a married middle-aged couple. The interviews bought the themes of Work‚ Childhood and Relationships to the foreground and these
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The authors examined whether there was a difference in pre-locomotive and post-locomotive infants. Method The study was conducted with four different studies. The first experiment was conducted on 92 infants of 7.3 months of age‚ half being post-locomotor. The researchers observed and recorded their heart rate‚ facial expressions‚ and visual placing response. They used the visual cliff to test the infants. This consisted of a safety glass covered table that had two sides. The “shallow side” had
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11-12:20PM Infant Observation On the day 6th of the month 9th of the year 2012 I observed the infant Alonso Herrera Rivera. Alonso is three months and a week old‚ his weight is 17Ibs with 7oz his height is 26in. The infant has a round head‚ dark brown hair with dark brown Chinese eyes‚ and rosy cheeks with dimples when he smiles and has a light skin complexion. Alonso is wearing a dark blue cowboy jersey with a dark wash blue jeans and blue hi top converse. When I arrived his mother was putting
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the attachment is a strong emotional tie that develops over time between an infant and their primary caregivers or the persons to who they are most strongly attached. The Stranger Situation study was used by Ainsworth and Bell (1970) to measuring attachment. The aim was to see how infant act under conditions of mild stress. Three participants were mothers‚ infant and stranger
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Presentation Hypothesis * High fertility rates and high unemployment rates affect and increase Infant mortality rate of a country. What is Infant Mortality Rate? The infant mortality rate is defined as the number of children who die before their first birthday divided by the total number of births that took place that year. What is Fertility Rate? * Fertility rate of country is defined as the average total number of children born to one woman * A fertility rate of two children per
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For the infant observation‚ I chose a 10 months old baby girl named Karina. Karina is a full term baby with a birth weight of 7lb and 6oz‚ and a height of 19 inches. Her heart rate‚ pulse‚ appearance‚ and activities are normal at the time of birth. Karina is living with her father‚ mother and one elder brother. Her grandparents are here visiting from India. I asked Karina’s parents’ permission to observe her and they happily agreed for the observation. The mom told me that‚ she would
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