Attachment Styles and Relationships Christina White PSY/220 April 28‚ 2013 As human being there is the thought that love is difficult to understand. Why are some people attracted to the people that they are attracted to and what is it that draws them to each other? Understanding the dimensions of love and knowing attachment styles clear up some of the confusion. There are three dimensions of love: intimacy‚ passion‚ and commitment. These are known as the triangular theory of love (Sternberg
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The Evolutionary Theory of Attachment Bowlby’s evolutionary theory consists of a number of essential factors. The evolutionary theory of attachment as proposed by John Bowlby (1907-1990) suggests that attachment‚ in terms of adaptation‚ is essential for survival. In order to progress healthily‚ children are born with an innate tendency to form attachments. This means that infants are pre-programmed to become attached to their caregiver. This is supported by the research of Lorenz (1952) in
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scholarly journal is to report on original research or experimentation in order to make it available to the rest of the academic world (Kaplan University Library Resource Guide‚ (n.d.). The article that I chose is “Parental Sensitivity and Attachment in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Comparison With Children With Mental Retardation‚ With Language Delays‚ and With Typical Development”. I am certain that the article I chose is scholarly for several reasons. The most obvious is that
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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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Attachment is a long lasting emotional connection between a child and its caregiver (Berger‚ 2014)‚ and it does not exist in a vacuum. In fact‚ a child’s attachment style has long-term impacts on how a child will one day interact with friends and even their romantic partners one day (Berger‚ 2014). In light of the significance of a child’s attachment style‚ it would seem wise to intentionally protect and nurture healthy styles of attachment. Research shows more children have healthy attachment styles
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What is Attachment? Attachment is a reciprocal and enduring emotional tie between an infant and a caregiver‚ each of them whom contributes to the quality of the relationship. (MacDonald‚ 1998). Logically‚ attachment provides connections between parent and the child relationship that’s how they get to know each other‚ attachment theory in psychology originates with the seminal work of John Bowlby (1958). Talking about children one of the main attachment is describe as in long lasting connectives
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Lecture 5 – Families/Transitions & Attachment Part I September 11‚ 2012 A. Overview Families are interesting and challenging to both teach and research because of their variability and proposing new theories and conclusions derived from the thousands of experiences. By trying to centralize an ideology or understanding of one’s unique family‚ it becomes challenging to interpret or draw a universal conclusion or pattern of behavior that causes certain things throughout the other family unit
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A secure attachment bond ensures that a newborn will feel secure‚ understood‚ and be calm enough to experience optimal development of his or her nervous system. During the prenatal period‚ there are some form of attachment between the mother and fetus which includes listening to the heart beat of the fetus‚ feeling the kicks‚ and verbal and nonverbal communicating with the fetus. After childbirth‚ the bonding/ attachment between the parent and newborn is secured (Schenk & Kelly‚ 2005). The secured
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Secure attachment style is based on security‚ the comfort of knowing one is in a safe place‚ or safe haven. When in a secure relationship‚ one does not feel the need to worry when the other person is around. This is best illustrated through the relationship between a mother and her child. If their attachment style is the secure attachment style‚ the child will feel safe when his or her mother is around and will be more apt to explore his or her surroundings while she is around. If something happens
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to look for signs of abuse‚ or neglect since can cause big deals of stress for the baby‚ death or issues with attachment. Thus‚ if a child is being abused or neglect‚ an early intervention would be significant‚ to prevent long-term emotional affect for the child. Or if physical abuse issues arose‚ the child could become remove from the home to a safer environment. Thus‚ secure attachment is vital since it is the main predictor of how the baby will do in in life or school. For the reasons that the
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