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Explain Attachment Theory using Bowlby ideal based on concept listed below explain each:

1. Key Concepts of Personality Formation

2. Explanation of Personality Disorder

3.Validity

4.Comprehensiveness

5.Applicability

6.Cultural Utility

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Attachment using Bowlby theory
Explain Attachment Theory using Bowlby ideal based on concept listed below explain each:

1. Key Concepts of Personality Formation
Attachment theory has made perhaps one of the most lasting impact on child development.
Basically, Bowlby proposed three different levels of attachment between a child and the child's care giver. The levels were: Secure, Avoidant or Insecure and Ambivalent attachment forms.
Further study extended the influence of the elements discussed in this theory to adult attachment as well.
The theory suggests, that when a child ...

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