Essay On Attachment Theory
For this assignment, I am choosing to write about the Attachment Theory, because the concepts of this theory had captured my attention during class. The Attachment Theory was discovered by John Bowlby, which he had examined and analyzed the relationships between a child and their caregiver. Bowlby was attempting to understand the extreme distress from infants, who had been separated from their parents, which left the infants in discomfort. The most important stages of the Attachment Theory is during the first nine months of the infant’s life, when the bond of the newbond and caregiver must be endless, to create a trust and hopeful relationship. A child without a caregiver will likelyhood have relationship issues with another human being or
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Bowlby was attempting to understand the extreme distress from infants, who had been separated from their parents, which left the infants in discomfort. A child’s attachment to their main caregiver creates a feel of security, therefore the child has the ability to seek out the world with determination, and without the feeling of being threaten or a exposure. The bond between an infants and their main caregiver results in how they will later get along with their peers, or how well they do in school, and how they will act to stressful situations. The cases where an infant doesn’t receive any attachment bond from a caregiver, which can lead to many problem into that infant’s adulthood. Depression and anxiety is the main factors for not having an attachment and leads to social phobia. This paper was about the differences between a child who has a bond with their main caregiver, and a child who doesn’t have a bond or has no main caregiver. My thought was a child without a caregiver will likelyhood have relationship issues with another human being or
Bowlby was attempting to understand the extreme distress from infants, who had been separated from their parents, which left the infants in discomfort. A child’s attachment to their main caregiver creates a feel of security, therefore the child has the ability to seek out the world with determination, and without the feeling of being threaten or a exposure. The bond between an infants and their main caregiver results in how they will later get along with their peers, or how well they do in school, and how they will act to stressful situations. The cases where an infant doesn’t receive any attachment bond from a caregiver, which can lead to many problem into that infant’s adulthood. Depression and anxiety is the main factors for not having an attachment and leads to social phobia. This paper was about the differences between a child who has a bond with their main caregiver, and a child who doesn’t have a bond or has no main caregiver. My thought was a child without a caregiver will likelyhood have relationship issues with another human being or