Discusses different theories of attachment
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There are a number of different theories on attachment. If there is not an attachment of a child to a parent at a very early age, there may be detrimental affects later in life.
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This discusses several theories of attachments.
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John Bowlby's theory of attachment, developed in the late 1950's, is one of the most common theories, in which a caregiver and a child develop a method in which the attachment behaviors of the infant are idyllically responded to by adult attachment behaviors, providing security and emotional adaptation. Bowlby believed that there was a strong causal relationship between a child's parental attachment, and the ability to form and develop affectionate bonds later in life (Seligman, & Reichenberg, 2010). These theories also suggest that a child's early experiences can affect how they connect or the attachments created with the caregivers. Bowlby hypothesized that a baby is born with a prime instinct to establish an emotional connection or bond with the mother. He furthermore proposed that aggression and destructiveness are secondary, and are a result of a traumatic disturbance in the infant-mother relationship, or a loss of the attachment bond to the mother (Santrock, 2009).
It is believed that Bowlby's interest in the theory of attachment came from the fact that he was not attached to his own biological mother. At the age of seven, he attended a boarding school, and was raised by a nanny, with whom he formed an attachment; however, it was not ...
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