The term ‘Toxic Trio’ is often used to describe three parental stressors that can arise in families; these include domestic violence‚ substance use and mental illness. A child’s holistic development can be affected by the ‘Toxic Trio’ in various ways by ‘exposure during pregnancy‚ the impact on the child due to witnessing parental stressors and the effect on parenting due to the parental stressors’ (McGovern‚ 2012). For this assignment substance use will be focused on and the effects it has on children
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relationships between people‚ mainly the long-term relationships between children and parents and romantic partners. The first attachment theorist was a British psychologist by the name John Bowlby. Bowlby described attachment as a long-lasting psychological connectedness that exist among human beings. Bowlby wanted
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Sensitive parenting is the most important factor in a child’s psychological development Parents are the first and perhaps most profound influence on their children ’s lives. Considering different aspects of psychological development this essay is going through some evidence to see what the researchers mean by sensitive parenting: Bowlby’s attachment theory‚ The Strange Situation‚ Zimmerman‚ Hamilton‚ Baumrind and others. A sensitive person is somebody who can “quick detect or respond to slight
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Trauma Theory Psychological trauma can have an everlasting effect on a person’s life. According to Armsworth and Holaday (1993)‚ Psychological trauma occurs when an individual is exposed to an overwhelming event that renders him or her helpless in the face of intolerable danger‚ anxiety‚ and instinctual arousal (p. 49). Anyone no matter what age‚ can experience a traumatic event. However‚ children are the ones mostly affected by a traumatic event. Trauma regardless if it is sexual abuse‚ physical
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ability to attach to the caregiver is innate in babies. Bowlby said that babies are born with an innate tendency to create strong emotional bonds with their caregivers’. This is mainly for survival because the caregiver provides them with food and shelter. Ainsworth sees attachment as an emotional bond. The baby feels a sense of security and comfort when with the caregiver‚ and uses them as a safe base to explore the world. Ainsworth carried out a study to find how securely attached‚ infants
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pre-conventional morality‚ conventional morality and post conventional morality. Emotional development involves the development and changes on how an individual experiences different feelings and how these feelings are expressed. Research conducted by ‘Bowlby’ looks at the emotional development of an infant and how they can create an emotional bond to another person (usually their
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person who had a great childhood and a happy marriage. It will relate the two interviews back to the different theories and compare the results. It will also explore some aspects of the different theories -Baumrid ’s different parenting styles‚ Bowlby and Ainsworth ’s attachment theory‚ and Sternberg ’s theory of love. What is love? A broad question with many countless aspects pertaining to it. According to Merriam-Websters Dictionary love is the “warm attachment‚ enthusiasm‚ or devotion” felt by
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sociability. Some influences include‚ natural child development through stages‚ which was founded by Jean Piaget‚ parental attachment introduced by John Bowlby and finally the differential-susceptibility hypothesis developed by Jay Belsky. All of these theories
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was a man called John Bowlby‚ a British Psychologist‚ Psychoanalyst and Psychiatrist famous for his work and fascination in child development and for his revolutionary and ground-breaking work in attachment theory. Attachment Theory has grown to be the main influential theory applied today in the study of child behaviour‚ mental health in toddlers‚ children’s treatments‚ and associated domains. It is described as an emotional bond and affectionate tie to another person. Bowlby believed that the bonds
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filled with behaviours as a result of experience‚ both linking directly to attachment theory. This essay will cover Bowlbys evolutionary theory‚ learning theory and others in order to provide understanding of the attachment process between infant and caregiver. Attachment is a deep and enduring emotional bond that connects one person to another across time and space (Ainsworth‚ 1973; Bowlby‚ 1969). Bowlby’s theory uses an evolutionary explanation in order to describe the nature approach‚ directly linking
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