Theories
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Looking at theory of child development I have chosen to discuss Bowlby attachment theory and Rutter’s theory.
Bowlby said that a child will suffer from maternal depravation if the child doesn’t experience a warm loving relationship with a mother or mother figure. When a child’s attachment is disrupted they do not develop healthy personalities. He said the need to form attachments are innate. Bowlby also said that the effects of separation can be seen from around the age of 5-6 months the child will experience distress and anxiety. Loss and grief will be experienced if the separation is prolonged when the child is 2-5 years of age. The child will experience emotions such as despair then eventually will detach from relationships …show more content…
Bowlby’s maternal deprivation is backed up with by Harlow’s research with monkey’s. A criticism of this research is that can we really compare monkeys to humans. Bowlby only looked at the separation of a child from their mother’s and no other care givers. He also did not research or consider the children he studied later in life. I agree that the need to form an attachment with a sole care-giver is biological because of the things we have in practise today for example children in nurseries are giving key workers to build a secure relationship with. Rutter studied only boys from one place and did not consider other cultures, ages or sexes. I agree with Rutter that other attachments can be made with a loving continuous …show more content…
He used controlled experiments and not in a natural environment. The children who did the 3-mountain experiment would have to understand what mountains are and have an appreciation for them.
The criticisms of Fischer’s research were that the problem solving in adults and children requires a move down to low level skills before moving up build new skills. Fischer said that cognitive development where reading is concerned requires social interactions and adult interaction.
In my opinion I agree that a lot of practise is required to learn and master a skill. I agree that if a someone is trying to practise to many skills that they will not be as good as they can be say if they were only practising one skill at a time for example walking takes practise and by trying repeatedly children master walking. Piaget did not say anything about an adult role to support a child to learn, I think that the adult role is important if a child is not seeing or being taught something how will they learn?
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Looking at theory of child development I have chosen to discuss Bowlby attachment theory and Rutter’s theory.
Bowlby said that a child will suffer from maternal depravation if the child doesn’t experience a warm loving relationship with a mother or mother figure. When a child’s attachment is disrupted they do not develop healthy personalities. He said the need to form attachments are innate. Bowlby also said that the effects of separation can be seen from around the age of 5-6 months the child will experience distress and anxiety. Loss and grief will be experienced if the separation is prolonged when the child is 2-5 years of age. The child will experience emotions such as despair then eventually will detach from relationships …show more content…
Bowlby’s maternal deprivation is backed up with by Harlow’s research with monkey’s. A criticism of this research is that can we really compare monkeys to humans. Bowlby only looked at the separation of a child from their mother’s and no other care givers. He also did not research or consider the children he studied later in life. I agree that the need to form an attachment with a sole care-giver is biological because of the things we have in practise today for example children in nurseries are giving key workers to build a secure relationship with. Rutter studied only boys from one place and did not consider other cultures, ages or sexes. I agree with Rutter that other attachments can be made with a loving continuous …show more content…
He used controlled experiments and not in a natural environment. The children who did the 3-mountain experiment would have to understand what mountains are and have an appreciation for them.
The criticisms of Fischer’s research were that the problem solving in adults and children requires a move down to low level skills before moving up build new skills. Fischer said that cognitive development where reading is concerned requires social interactions and adult interaction.
In my opinion I agree that a lot of practise is required to learn and master a skill. I agree that if a someone is trying to practise to many skills that they will not be as good as they can be say if they were only practising one skill at a time for example walking takes practise and by trying repeatedly children master walking. Piaget did not say anything about an adult role to support a child to learn, I think that the adult role is important if a child is not seeing or being taught something how will they learn?