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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A qualitative study showing 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
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Attachment style is described as the way individuals manage emotional bonds with other people (Santrock‚ 2008). The initial process of bonding with parents or caregivers seems to have far-reaching implications for relational issues throughout life (Brandell‚ 2010; Fraley‚ 2010; Reyome‚ 2010; Riggs‚ 2010). This paper describes my personal attachment style‚ evaluates how genetic and environmental factors influenced its development‚ and how my attachment style affects my cognitive and social development
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3. Describe Nussbaum’s account of the development of children in relationship to primitive shame. How can shame be mishandled/how do children experience underdevelopment in relation to shame? Nussbaum explains firstly how shame is an emotion experienced as a sense of failure in reaching an ideal state. Those who are shameful feel inadequate as a whole person‚ lacking‚ unable to reach a type of wholeness or perfection. She then goes on to explain how shame arises early on in childhood. Infants
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A Research on Reactive Attachment Disorder of Early Childhood Yolanda Ashton Liberty University Abstract This paper explores the psychological disorder known as Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). It will investigate how a child diagnosed with RAD will have an inefficient connection with his or her caregiver during an early age. RAD is considered a serious disorder which affects infant and young children who have difficulties
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According to Maurer and Maurer (1989)‚ 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
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scholarly journal is to report on original research or experimentation in order to make it available to the rest of the academic world (Kaplan University Library Resource Guide‚ (n.d.). The article that I chose is “Parental Sensitivity and Attachment in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Comparison With Children With Mental Retardation‚ With Language Delays‚ and With Typical Development”. I am certain that the article I chose is scholarly for several reasons. The most obvious is that
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Attachment Styles and Relationships Christina White PSY/220 April 28‚ 2013 As human being there is the thought that love is difficult to understand. Why are some people attracted to the people that they are attracted to and what is it that draws them to each other? Understanding the dimensions of love and knowing attachment styles clear up some of the confusion. There are three dimensions of love: intimacy‚ passion‚ and commitment. These are known as the triangular theory of love (Sternberg
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Lecture 5 – Families/Transitions & Attachment Part I September 11‚ 2012 A. Overview Families are interesting and challenging to both teach and research because of their variability and proposing new theories and conclusions derived from the thousands of experiences. By trying to centralize an ideology or understanding of one’s unique family‚ it becomes challenging to interpret or draw a universal conclusion or pattern of behavior that causes certain things throughout the other family unit
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Adult Attachment Style Relationships are complicated enough without having to worry about what your attachment style is. However‚ the type of attachment style a person is greatly influences what kind of relationship they will have later on in life. When children are young‚ they develop a unique attachment with the parent(s) or primary caregiver. This attachment is the basic building blocks that help determine what type of attachment style will dominate the different dimensions of relationships
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