of infancy the 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
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parent is a parent who cares for one or more child without physical help of another parent in the house. Though people looked down upon single parenting before‚ it is now quite common in today’s world. According to the United States Census Bureau the amount of children who live with a single parent has increased to a little more than 30 percent. Single parenting is a problem to others since children raised under a household of a single parent are two times more likely to end up poor‚ to give birth outside
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Attachment Theory (AT) is essential when determining the relationship between a caregiver and an infant and frequently drawn upon when assessing the “quality” of a relationship (Norton‚ 2003). Attachment to a caregiver is multifaceted and various factors play a role in the assessment of a relationship‚ therefore as a social workers it is critical we understand these factors and also recognize that all theories have their limitations. AT was a term developed by John Bowlby (1988) and was developed
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Are we 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
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able to adapt to their surrounding and this will also impact on their ability to form positive relationships. For some children that are in care or from difficult families‚ their attachments may not be formed as easily as those who do not have the same circumstances. There are many theories that have evidence supporting bonding and attachment. Mary Ainsworth and her colleagues were interested in studying the reactions of babies when the parents/carers left and returned to rooms. They came up with
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Single parenting Single parenting is where a parent lives alone and takes most of the day to day the responsibilities in taking care of a child or children without a spouse or partner‚ in other words single parent involves a single person plus a dependent child (more likely to be a female parent) and is sometimes referred to as the broken nuclear family (where mom and dad and kids live under the same roof but parents decide to spilt-up). In Trinidad and Tobago there are 18 percent single parent
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VERGE 3 Rooney 1 Autism and Infant Attachment: A Review of the Literature Anna Rooney Psychology 340 Professor Pederson November 28‚ 2005 VERGE 3 A Review of the Literature Rooney 2 Even when Stephen Bohay was just a few months old‚ his parents knew there was something odd about him. Instead of developing the normal one consonant/one vowel sounds characteristic of three to eight month infants‚ Stephen remained silent and‚ according to his mother‚ never cuddled‚ never wanted
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"Gay Marriage and Parenting" Today in humanity‚ gay parenting and marriage has become publicly accepted by some and rejected by others. Many have come to believe this topic to be immoral and impossible. Society has also realized that the average family has developed into many different forms in the last few years. Gay families have developed and are perceived today that raising kids without both a Mom and Dad‚ deprives the child from being introduced to both worlds. The approach to this debated
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Guerra‚ Jorge FLVS: Parenting Mrs. Morell Module One: Discussion Questions 1.What are the different parenting styles used by families? Which do you think is better? Why? The three different parenting styles used by familes are authoritarian style‚ permissive style and democratic style. In my opinion‚ the better style of the three is the democratic style. Reason being‚ I believe kids should be disciplined and learn how to behave in a controlled environment for the future‚ but I also
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people can be a hero’s. The First reason Chanda is a hero is because she is brave. Throughout the novel‚ Chanda shows this bravery in many different ways. For example‚ Chanda found out mama had aids and brought mama back to Banang even though her family would be a disgrace and shamed because of it. This shows us that Chanda is brave because she argued with Mrs.Tafa and her grandma until they told her where mama was she wasn’t embarrassed to bring mama back home‚ even though everyone thought she would
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