Attachment These categories of relationship were developed by Mary Ainsworth. After weeks of spending time with these mom-baby pairs in their home environment and carefully documenting many aspects of their communication‚ she would then bring these one year-old infants and their mothers into a little play room with a one-way mirror for observation. The mom and the baby would be given a period of time to get used to the new space and then another person would enter the room and interact with both
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Reactive Attachment Disorder Fahimullah Bokhari Brain & Behavior Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is a condition found in children who have trouble developing healthy lasting relationships. On a psychologically perspective‚ attachment occurs when the child is given the fundamental needs of comfort‚ attention‚ and nurturing. The disorder stems from not having received love and care from their parents or caregivers before the age of 5. The child’s damaged past causes the inability to connect
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Attachment Theories and Parenting Styles Humans are social beings and need to be with others and form relationships but our relationship behaviors do not "come naturally" and they need to be learned similar to other social skills (Schneider‚ Gruman & Coutts‚ 2005‚ p.77). Many psychologists argue that the kind of relationships infants have with their primary caregivers is the blueprint for the later life relationships (Schneider‚ Gruman & Coutts‚ 2005). Behaviors in adult relationships’ are influenced
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with the primary caregiver. While healthy attachment brings security‚ love‚ and joy‚ unhealthy attachment brings anxiety‚ grief‚ and depression. This attachment determines the nature and development of the individuals’ succeeding relationships. Ainsworth et al. (1978)‚ identifies specific attachment styles and Hazan and Shaver (1987‚ 1994) applied the concept directly to adult romantic relationships. According to the propositions of attachment theory‚ satisfaction in a relationship depends mostly
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Bowlby ’s maternal deprivation hypothesis assumes that continual disruption of the attachment bond between the infant and primary caregiver would result in long term cognitive‚ social and emotional difficulties for the child. To what extent has research into deprivation and privation supported this view. Bowlby claimed that the role of a mother was essential to a child and without this essential mother figure it would affect the child’s psychological health. He called this theory the maternal
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Outline and Evaluate research into types of attachment (12 marks) Ainsworth ‘Strange Situation’ study aim was to investigate what type of attachment the infants had to their caregiver. Therefore‚ Ainsworth used 12 to 18 months infants in an experiment to test this. Ainsworth had several conditions to allow the observer to identify what reaction the infants are showing and hence‚ which attachment type. In a play area room‚ the infant and mother spent some time playing‚ suddenly the mother leaves
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References: Ainsworth‚ M. (1978). Patterns of attachment: a psychological study of the strange situation Philadelphia: Laurence Earlbaum Associates‚ Inc. Belsky‚ J. & Eggebeen‚ D. (1991‚ January 1). Early and extensive maternal employment and young children’s socioemotional
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Outline and evaluate research into types of attachment. Ainsworth conducted a study to observe types of attachment behaviours with occur between a mother and a child. She used observation to witness these behaviours. By placing the child in a set up play room with one way glass allowed natural behaviour to be observed without interference from the psychologist. Ainsworth used several situations including a mother a child and a stranger. Firstly the mother and the child entered the room‚ the child
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In order to answer the question “are there critical periods for the development of social competency?” one must first clearly define the key elements of the question. A critical period is defined as a time when a certain development must happen if it is to ever happen (Strassen Berger‚ 2006). In psychology the term is most often associated with language acquisition as the critical period hypothesis popularised by Lenneberg (1967) hypothesised that language learned outside the critical period for
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After having the lecture of “development over the life span “‚ I have noticed that emotional development varies among people caused by the difference of attachment style that their caregivers or parent give to them. According to Bowlby & Ainsworth (1956‚1991)‚ attachment style or pattern can be divided into four types : secure base‚ avoidant‚ ambivalent and disorganized. For example‚ if parent applies a warm/responsive caregiving style to their children‚ children therefore will be securely attached
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