Attachment theories is an area that has received a large amount of attention and been subject to a considerable amount of further research since the 1950s. This essay will strive look at what makes up the foundations of Bowlby’s theory‚ as well as looking to consider in more detail how this theory has been developed and expanded by other psychology researchers such as Ainsworth and Main and Goldwyn. Bowlby is a major leading figure in the investigation of parent/child relationships and the development
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Outline and evaluate one or more biological explanations of schizophrenia (8 marks AO1/16 marks AO1) Schizophrenia is classified as a mental disorder that shows profound disruption of cognition and emotion which affects a person’s language‚ perception‚ thought and sense of self. The dopamine hypothesis states that schizophrenic’s neurones transmitting dopamine release the neurotransmitter too easily‚ leading to the characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia. This hypothesis
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takes place during infancy is the formation of attachment.” (Feldman‚ R. S. 2010‚ pg178) That is a pretty powerful statement‚ considering everything that is going on in the lives of infants. Prior to reading and researching this particular subject‚ I thought I had a fairly good grasp on attachment. I have an 11 year old “Daddy’s Girl” and a 5 year old “Mama’s Boy”. I know firsthand many of the characteristic and qualities of parent/child attachment. However‚ much to my surprise there are many
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development of children’s understanding‚ through observing them and talking and listening to them while they worked on exercises he set. His view of how children’s minds work and develop has been enormously influential‚ particularly in educational theory. His particular insight was the role of maturation in children’s increasing capacity to understand their world; they cannot undertake certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so. He proposed that children’s thinking does not
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*Critically evaluate Evolutionary Psychology theory as an explanation for sex differences in sexual j*ealousy. Discuss evidence for and against this explanation The subsequent part of this essay will now focus on the evidence against the theory of Evolutionary Psychology and will look at arguments in contradiction of this. The topic this essay will focus on in the argument against Darwin’s evolutionary psychology theory as an explanation for sex differences within sexual jealousy is Social Psychology
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Discuss the contribution of Attachment Theory to the Social and Emotional development of young children. Introduction Child development is the changes which occur from birth untill puberty‚ in a biological‚ emotion and psychological sense. The events throughout this period plays a vital role in the behaviour and emotion of the child‚ therefore it is essential that the parents or parental figure acts appropriately around the child. Attachment can be defined as the affectional tie that a person
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Outline and Evaluate Bowlby’s Evolutionary Theory of Attachment. (12mark) Attachment can be described using two theories‚ one being Bowlby’s attachment theory which is based on an evolutionary perspective. The theory suggests that evolution has produced a behaviour that is essential to the survival to allow the passing on of genes. An infant that keeps close to their mother is more likely to survive. The traits that lead to that attachment will be naturally selected. Bowlby has the idea that attachment
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Outline and evaluate biological explanations for schizophrenia (8+16marks). It has been showed that schizophrenia has a tendency to run in different families. This implies that genes play a role. The closer the genetic relationship the more likely the people are to share the disorder. Gottesman (1991) showed that when both parents are schizophrenic‚ there is a 46% chance of the child also getting it‚ however‚ if only one parent had it‚ it dropped to 16% and dropped to a further 1% when the sibling
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Outline and Evaluate One or More Theories of Attachment. (12mark) Attachment can be described using two theories‚ one being Bowlby’s attachment theory (1946) which is based on an evolutionary perspective. The aim was to find out whether there was a relationship between maternal deprivation and emotional problems in children who had been referred to Bowlby’s child guidance clinic. It aimed to test the validity of Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis. 88 children (an opportunity sample) were
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Bowlby’s attachment theory is built on the idea that every human being is born with a biologically pre-programmed ability to create attachments (McLeod‚ 2007). He believed that the need to make attachments was derived from threats to our survival‚ which came from either internal forces or the external world (Belsky‚ 2016). These threats to a human’s survival produced the “fear of strangers” survival mechanism‚ which Bowlby claimed every child possessed when he or she is born (McLeod‚ 2007). It
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