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 of experiments to investigate an infants bond with its mother or care provider. Due to the ethics at the time
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infants‚ at six months‚ still showed one primary attachment. Another study about culture variation was Fox (1977). he studied infants raised on Israeli kibbutzim who spent most of their time being cared for in a children’s home by nurses. Then using Ainsworth experiment‚ the strange situation‚ it was tested with nurse and the mother. The conclusion was that the infants were equally attached to both caregivers except in terms of reunion behaviour‚ where they showed greater attachment to their mothers
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Bowlby’s Theory Sensitive period Belsky & Rovine (1987) – Bowlby’s Theory Temperament hypothesis Van Izjendoorn et al. (1999) – Types of Attachment Meta-analysis Ainsworth et al. (1978) – Types of Attachment Strange situation findings Prior & Glaser (1006) – Types of Attachment Behaviour in later childhood Ainsworth (1967) – Cultural Variations Uganda study Tronick et al (1992) – Cultural Variations African tribe Grossman & Grossman (1991) – Cultural Variations German infants
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Lorena Rodriguez 7/25/13 Ms. Ana Leon CD 52 Mary Ainsworth’s bibliography Mary D. Salter Ainsworth lives in Glendale Ohio and was born in December of 1913. Ainsworth was very knowledgeable since her childhood. Her childhood was good for her because of her parents. She began reading by the age of three‚ but then her parents were helping her to read. She lived with her two younger sisters that work so hard to help Mary. Both of their parents graduated in Dickenson College. Her dad earned a masters
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infant’s physical and emotional survival. This Darwin-based theory states that infants are innately equipped with social releasers‚ such as crying or cooing‚ to gain their mother’s attention and comfort in real or perceived situations of danger (Ainsworth & Bell‚ 1970; Bowlby‚ 1969; Howe‚ 2005). In an ideal‚ secure attachment‚ the perception of threat is eliminated by a mother’s comfort and proximity; this interaction regulates the infant’s distress allowing the infant to regain
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According to Feldman (2008)‚ the emotional bond that develops between a child and a certain individual is referred to as attachment. In nonhumans‚ this process begins in the first days of life with “imprinting‚” which is essentially the infant’s readiness to learn (Lorenz‚ 1957‚ as cited in Feldman‚ 2008‚ p.89). The bond is facilitated by mother-child physical contact during imprinting. A similar phenomenon is observed between human mothers and their newborns‚ which is why mother’s are strongly encouraged
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future relationships (Norton‚ 2003). AT provided answers the high mortality in orphanages as well as providing caregivers and professionals insight into the parent-child bond (Dewar‚ 2014) The Strange Situation Procedure (SSP)‚ designed by Mary Ainsworth (as citied by Mcleod‚ 2008) is commonly used to determine the infants’ attachment and the type of attachment the child has to his/her caregiver (Benoit‚ 2004). In this scenario described above‚ it is appears that the social worker uses part of the
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attachment has on the social and emotional development of an individual. Ainsworth (1969) believed that ‘sensitive mothering’ is an important element in the development of a satisfactory mother-baby attachment (MCI Module‚ undated). The term ‘sensitive mothering’ refers to someone who is responsive emotionally and physically available for her child and is cooperative with her/him‚ someone who provides the child a ‘secure base’ (Ainsworth 1969) to explore the world. (MCI Module‚ undated). Mothers who were
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feelings; our sense of curiosity‚ motivation and confidence to explore and learn and how we are able to relate to others and tasks/activities. In this paper I will firstly be discussing the major theorises of attachment these being John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Secondly I will explain how attachment informs in social work. ‘Among the most significant developments of psychiatry during the past quarter of a century has been the steady growth of evidence that the quality of parental care which a child
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children in psychology Content: •What is child psychology? •Define the terms: attachment‚ deprivation‚ privation‚ evolution‚ daycare and separation anxiety •Bowlby’s theory of attachment •Bowlby’s maternal deprivation hypothesis •The work of Ainsworth •Research into deprivation and separation‚ and how the negative effects can be minimised •Research into privation‚ and the debate of whether or not the negative effects are reversible •Characteristics and explanations of one of: severe learning
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