Exploring and Applying Attachment Theory Ashly Peterson University of Southern Queensland Exploring and Applying Attachment Theory According to Bowlby’s (1969) attachment theory‚ an adaptive‚ enduring bond exists between mothers and infants that ensures an infant’s physical and emotional survival. This Darwin-based theory states that infants are innately equipped with social releasers‚ such as crying or cooing‚ to gain their mother’s attention and comfort in real or perceived situations of
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development of a child.The attachment process is critical to great wellbeing and thriving further down the road. The connection has appeared to impact practically every part of early youth improvement‚ from the neurocognitive advancement of social-behavioral skill. Significantly‚ studies show that the nature of connection fluctuates as indicated by the idea of parent-child. There are two types of attachment as indicated by Gross‚ D. (07/2012) One type of attachment touched on in this week reading
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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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The Evolutionary Theory of Attachment Bowlby’s evolutionary theory consists of a number of essential factors. The evolutionary theory of attachment as proposed by John Bowlby (1907-1990) suggests that attachment‚ in terms of adaptation‚ is essential for survival. In order to progress healthily‚ children are born with an innate tendency to form attachments. This means that infants are pre-programmed to become attached to their caregiver. This is supported by the research of Lorenz (1952) in
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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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Child Development: Attachment Theory and Environmental Impacts on Development The pioneers of the attachment theory who are fundamentally responsible for our present understanding of children and what drives human relationships are psychiatrist John Bowlby (1969) and his colleague‚ Mary Ainsworth (1989)‚ a developmental psychologist who further elaborated on the theory. The theory was based mainly on ethology‚ the study of the advanced behaviour of numerous species in their natural habitat. Bowlby
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Attachment parenting focuses on the nurturing connection that parents can develop with their children. That nurturing connection is viewed as the ideal way to raise secure‚ independent‚ and empathetic children. According to Doctor Sears “attachment parenting is a style of caring for your infant that brings out the best in the baby and the best in the parents”. Attachment parenting helps you open your mind and heart to the needs of your baby‚ and eventually you will develop the wisdom on how to make
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Ainsworth experiment Attachment. Something that all humans develop naturally. We all become attached to something and/or someone throughout our lifetime. You see this in very young children‚ but have you ever wondered why you see it more in some than you do in others? Have you ever wondered why sometimes in twins you get a baby that is all about cuddling and being carried and one twin that would much rather walk and lay by his or herself. Well you aren’t the only one to wonder thing. Mary Ainsworth
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Bowlby ’s maternal deprivation hypothesis assumes that continual disruption of the attachment bond between the infant and primary caregiver would result in long term cognitive‚ social and emotional difficulties for the child. To what extent has research into deprivation and privation supported this view. Bowlby claimed that the role of a mother was essential to a child and without this essential mother figure it would affect the child’s psychological health. He called this theory the maternal
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Discuss research into failure to form attachments The real term for failure to form attachments is privation; this means someone is unable to form any attachments to anyone. One case study on severe privation is the study on Genie (reported by Curtis 1977). This case study is about a young girl who had a really bad upbringing and as a result was forever unable to form attachments. Genie was found at the age of 13‚ for near enough her whole life she was kept tied to a potty chair‚ she had been
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