which is not reciprocated. Such attachments are characterized by specific behaviours in children such as seeking to be in the attachment figure’s company when upset or distressed. The evolutionary theory of attachment originates with the work of John Bowlby whom was inspired by the work of renowned ethologist Konrad Lorenz into studying animal attachment to their mothers; in an experiment Lorenz tested both the idea that goslings latch onto the first animate object they see within the first few hours
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develops his/her personality as they successfully resolve crises that are distinctly social in nature. Erikson puts emphasis on adolescent period because he feels that it is the integral stage that is crucial for developing a person’s identity. Just like Freud‚ Erikson had a strong believe that through one’s lifespan‚ personality develops in a systematic manner and builds on the previous stage (Erikson‚ 1950). Most important‚ success in one stage built the confidence in a person to face the next stage
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Psychosocial Development The primary theory of psychosocial development was created by Erik Erikson‚ a German developmental psychologist. Erikson divided the process of psychological and social development into eight stages that correspond to the stages of physical development. At each stage‚ according to Erikson‚ the individual faces a psychological conflict that must be resolved in order to progress developmentally. Moving from infancy to old age‚ these conflicts are trust versus mistrust‚ autonomy
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Discuss the psychological and physical effects of loss and grief: How might an ethical therapist incorporate this knowledge into his/her work? Base your answer on the theories and models presented in Module 7. Name: Zoe Foster Date: 13th February 2015 Course: SOUTH2S14 Module #: 7 Tutor Name: Anni Richardson Expected Word Count: 2500 Actual Word Count: 2702 Introduction In this essay I will discuss what grief is and the kind of grief a client could experience. We will move onto attachment
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Erikson’s idea was that when adolescence‚ personality disorders are more apparent. However‚ Freud’s believed that it can range of 0 to adulthood. Although Eriksons studies did adapt from Freud’s ideas‚ and so Erikson did have a lot of agreements. Both theorists believe that the unconscious mind played an important‚ major part in detailing ones personality. Both Freud’s psychosexual theory and psychosocial theory both are similar
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References: Bowlby John (1980) Attachment and Loss Volume 3 Loss Sadness and Depression‚ New York‚ Basic Books College Notes Loss and Grief Janet Miller and Susan Gibb (2009)‚ Care in Practise for Higher‚ Second Edition‚ Paisley‚ Hodder Gibson Kubler Ross (1969) On
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Major Assumptions Erikson When Erikson developed his psychosocial theory‚ he used Sigmund Freud as a basis for his theory (Capps‚ 2011‚ p. 881-882). Erikson expanded on Freud’s stages because he wanted to include old age‚ since Freud did not explain his psychosexual theory passed adolescence (Fleming‚ 2004‚ p. 9-3). It is significant that Erikson continued his stages of human development through old age; it shows us that development continues past adolescence. In Erikson’s theory he creates eight
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where animals learn to follow their caregivers‚ “Imprinting” is the factor that creates a bound between them. In a very similar direction we found a important contribution by John Bowlby research‚ proposition that human infants possess inbuilt or innate tendencies to form emotionally and bound to caregivers (Bowlby‚ 1953). On the Psychoanalysis area‚ theorists such Ana Freud and Dorothy Burlingham
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For years‚ the predominant view of infant-caregiver attachment was that it was a “secondary drive” i.e. that any attachment formed was because of the infant associating the caregiver with providing for physical needs such as hunger. However‚ John Bowlby argued that attachment is an innate primary drive in the infant. This theory was reinforced by Harlow & Zimmerman’s (1959) experiment involving baby monkeys who had been separated form their mothers and offered two surrogate “mothers”. One of these
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this investigation was to see if the bond was due to cupboard love. Cupboard love is what the infant is attached to such as providing of food or something warm and soft to touch. However Bowlby had already said that the bond with the infant to the mother was to do with something other than cupboard love. Bowlby stated ‘an inbuilt tendency to become attached to stimuli that poses certain properties’ (discovering psychology‚ chapter5‚ pg201). Harlow who wanted to conduct his study on rats accidentally
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