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    According to attachment theory and in accordance with ecological views of development such as that of Bronfenbrenner‚ the child develops within a network of influences that impact a child from various levels (Egeland & Carlson‚ 2004). Psychopathology is not caused by disturbed early experience in a linear way; rather it is a developmental construction resulting from the transactional process as the evolving person interacts with the environment (Egeland & Carlson‚ 2004; Sroufe‚ Carlson‚ Levy & Egeland

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    Sexuality May 17‚ 2018 Attachment Styles Attachment is a term for the intense emotional tie that develops between two individuals‚ such as the tie between an infant and a parent or between adult lovers (Rholes et al.‚ 2006). Attachment theory is a psychological model that attempts to describe the dynamics of long-term and short-term interpersonal relationships between humans. However‚ “attachment theory is not formulated as a general theory of relationships”. Our style of attachment affects everything

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    Attachment and Divorce: FAMILY CONSEQUENCES Bowlby ’s‚ Ainsworth ’s‚ and Shaver ’s research created the understanding that infant styles create a disposition for later behavioral traits. More current research has questioned the significance of how the disruption of the attachment structure (such as in divorce) can affect children ’s behaviors throughout life. The research on this topic is contradictory and somewhat inconclusive‚ with research asserting that either attachment style or

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    development of attachment relationships between children and parents constitutes one of the most important aspects of human social and emotional development. 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

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    The term ‘attachment’ makes reference to an intense and emotional relationship between two people. “It is not just a connection between two people. It is a bond that involves a persons desire for regular contact with that person and the experience of distress during separation from that person” (Ainsworth‚ M. 1958) Two of the biggest contributors to the understanding of attachment are Harry Harlow (1905 - 1981) and Mary Ainsworth (1913 - 1999). In 1958‚ psychologist Harry Harlow conducted a series

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    that the ‘Social Control Theory’‚ demonstrates that people can abuse or hit other members of their family just because they can. However ‘Social Learning Theory’ suggests that violence is a learned response. O’Leary (1988) believed that domestic abuse had a number of factors which could contribute to the occurrence such as a violent upbringing‚ stress‚ a dissatisfying relationship‚ drug or alcohol abuse and violent aspects within their personalities. The ‘Attachment Theory’ perspective is that the

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    Attachment Theory and the impact Adult Romantic Relationships Iksheeta Shah University of Waterloo March 23‚ 2011 My roommate‚ Breseis‚ and I get along really well. We are completely opposite in every aspect‚ but only to complement each other. When I met her‚ she barely talked and never shared any of her stories or her past. She only started trusting me when I trusted her with my problems. She was always uncomfortable talking about her life with others. However‚ she slowly let herself lose

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    What was John Bowlby’s Theory of attachment and do children always suffer psychological damage as a result of separation? In this essay I am going to describe John Bowlby’s theory of attachment and provide evidence to support and refute his theory‚ also providing evidence to support or deny the claim that children always suffer psychological damage as a result of separation. John Bowlby is widely credited as the father of attachment theory due to his extensive research into the concept of attachment

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    Sables (2000) explains that with Attachment Theory it helps to explain how early childhood experiences affect the way people act and interact with others as adults. In the case of Mary Ann‚ she lost her mother at the age of 3 to leukemia. She has no memories of her mother and does not speak about her much to anyone nor does her family‚ when asked about her mother she shows a flicker of sadness in her eyes and states that she’s dead and leaves the conversation at that. Li et. al.‚ (2008) states

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    Attachment in Infants Jessica N. Summerlin Rasmussen College Attachment in Infants Ever wonder where to draw the line with the amount of attention you give an infant? Is there such thing as giving an infant too much attention? These are hard questions to answer and there is much debate on the topic; what is a good amount of attention to give an infant and how attention is related to attachment. The people that give attention and grow attached to an infant could be doing them

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