to smile at those people. This is a crucial time for developing attachments. Psychologist John Bowlby was the first attachment theorist‚ describing attachment as a "lasting psychological connectedness between human beings" (Bowlby‚ 1969‚ p. 194). Bowlby believed that the earliest bonds formed by children with their caregivers have a tremendous impact that continues throughout life. According to Bowlby‚ attachment also serves to keep the infant close to the mother‚ thus improving the child’s chances
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Contribution of attachment theory on human development In this essay I am going to discuss the contribution of attachment theory on human development. I will source all my information from books and journals. I will introduce John Bowlby’s attachment theory. I will discuss how attachment plays a vital role in one’s social and emotional development throughout the lifespan. I will state why one must form a good relationship with a caregiver at an early age. I will also introduce Ainsworths “strange
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Psychologists have put forward different explanations of attachments such as learning theory and Bowlby’s theory (12 marks) The learning theory is about learning through association or reward. There are a few main features that make up the learning theory of attachment. It is thought that the attachment is formed from the person who changes them‚ feeds them and shows them the most love and attention. It is also believed that the first attachment is often the person who looks after the child the
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a deep and enduring emotional bond that connects one person to another across time and space (Ainsworth‚ 1973; Bowlby‚ 1969). Attachment does not have to be mutual. One person may have an attachment with an individual which is not shared. Attachment is characterized by specific behaviors in children‚ such as seeking proximity with the attachment figure when upset or threatened (Bowlby‚ 1969). Bowlby’s theory states that attachment is adaptive and innate and that it aids the survival of the infant
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Lifespan Human Development Summer 2006 A Brief History of Attachment Theory The theory of attachment was originally developed by John Bowlby (1907 - 1990)‚ a British psychoanalyst who observed intense and distressful behaviors among orphans in hospitals during and after World War II. Between 1948 and 1952 Bowlby‚ along with his employee and then colleague‚ James Robertson‚ came to realize that infants who had been separated from their parents were not able to form an attachment with a
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The following is a discussion of my learning on completing the reading of Attachment and Loss by John Bowlby‚ Facilitating Development Attachment by Dan Hughes and Child Development by John W Santrock. I will also further discuss how all of the knowledge and understanding gained‚ informs my practice. Child Development by John W Sandtrock is a comprehensive look at all aspects of child development. In reading this I was able to relate my own experiences of working with children to the descriptions
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develop skills and knowledge Theories matter when planning For example the attachment theory John Bowlby was the first attachment theorist‚ describing attachment as a "lasting psychological connectedness between human beings" (Bowlby‚ 1969‚ p. 194). Bowlby believed that the earliest bonds formed by children with their caregivers have a tremendous impact that continues throughout life. According to Bowlby‚ attachment also serves to keep the infant close to the mother‚ thus improving the child’s chances
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BOWLBY‚ HOFER & TRONICK’S VIEWS ON INFANTS DEVELOPMENT OF PARENTAL LOVE AND ITS EFFECTS IN LATTER LIFE John Bowlby‚ the father of the Attachment Theory‚ has left an indelible mark in the field of Developmental Psychiatry‚ drawing most of his inferences from studies of infant interactions with others. Dissatisfied with traditional theories of infant-parent interactions‚ he turned to evolutionary biology‚ ethology‚ developmental psychology‚ cognitive science and control systems theory for inspiration
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Detachment. Detachment describes the way a child reacts to their attachment figure after being separated from her for a time period and then meets her again. Children who had been separated from their attachment figure for days or weeks‚ when reunited with their attachment figure showed detachment behaviors. Detachment behaviors are: no recognition of the attachment figure; turning away and/or walking away from the attachment figure; crying or coming close to crying; and an expressionless face
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the next generation” (Buss‚ 2008). Specialists such as Bowlby claim that humans have a predisposition to form attachment bonds to others in order to survive.
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