John Bowley
Shamair Nesbitt
November 14, 2013
Mrs. Rigney
Intro to Psychology- TR 1:30- 2:45
John Bowlby Edward John Moston Bowlby was born February 26, 1907. He was a british psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, notable for his interest in child development with the attachment theory.
Bowlby was born in London to an upper middle class family. He was the fourth of six children and was raised by a nanny. His father Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby was a surgeon to the King’s Household. Bowlby only saw his mother for one hour after teatime and more frequently during the summer time. His mother believed that parental attention and affection would spoil a child. He spent more time with his nanny due to the lack of his mother’s present, which made him become more attached to his nanny. After a few years of raising Bowlby, his nanny left the family. He described his feelings as a lost because he looked at his nanny as a mother figure and became attached to her. At the age of seven, he was sent off to boarding school. He said it was the worst time for him because he wouldn’t send a dog away at the age of seven to boarding school. He did consider boarding schools appropriate for children at the age of eight. Bowlby studied psychology and pre-clinical science at the Trinity College at Cambridge. After Cambridge he worked with maladjusted and delinquent children until he was twenty two. He enrolled at the University College Hospital in London. At twenty six, he qualified in medicine. While in medical school, he enrolled in the Institute for Psychoanalysis. After medical
School he trained in adult psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital. In 1937, at the age of 30, he was qualified as a psychoanalyst. He became interested in the development of children and began to work at the Child Guidance Clinic in London. His main focus the effects of separation of young children from familiar people and how attachment difficulties was transmitted from one generation to another. This
November 14, 2013
Mrs. Rigney
Intro to Psychology- TR 1:30- 2:45
John Bowlby Edward John Moston Bowlby was born February 26, 1907. He was a british psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, notable for his interest in child development with the attachment theory.
Bowlby was born in London to an upper middle class family. He was the fourth of six children and was raised by a nanny. His father Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby was a surgeon to the King’s Household. Bowlby only saw his mother for one hour after teatime and more frequently during the summer time. His mother believed that parental attention and affection would spoil a child. He spent more time with his nanny due to the lack of his mother’s present, which made him become more attached to his nanny. After a few years of raising Bowlby, his nanny left the family. He described his feelings as a lost because he looked at his nanny as a mother figure and became attached to her. At the age of seven, he was sent off to boarding school. He said it was the worst time for him because he wouldn’t send a dog away at the age of seven to boarding school. He did consider boarding schools appropriate for children at the age of eight. Bowlby studied psychology and pre-clinical science at the Trinity College at Cambridge. After Cambridge he worked with maladjusted and delinquent children until he was twenty two. He enrolled at the University College Hospital in London. At twenty six, he qualified in medicine. While in medical school, he enrolled in the Institute for Psychoanalysis. After medical
School he trained in adult psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital. In 1937, at the age of 30, he was qualified as a psychoanalyst. He became interested in the development of children and began to work at the Child Guidance Clinic in London. His main focus the effects of separation of young children from familiar people and how attachment difficulties was transmitted from one generation to another. This