Attachment Attachment is the key to building a relationship. Infants who cannot speak communicate with their caregiver through different behaviors such as but not limited to crying, smiling, clinging, moving etc. Its amazing how they are “pre-wired” to behave certain way in order to built a relationship with their caregiver. Relationship is built by reciprocal responses between an adult and an infant. Infants will do what they are capable of. For the newborns it is crying or not crying. They…
- My professional perspective can best be explained by a synthesis of theoretical foundations based on Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, Bowlby’s theory of early relationships, and the transactional ecological model. - I find Piaget’s theory to be most applicable to my view on educational opportunities, teaching methods, and practices to facilitate learning. - I find Bowlby’s theory to be most suitable to my view of the dynamics between children and the adults in their lives and how…
Erik Erikson was a developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst, best known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. John Bowlby a psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst are known for his interest in child development and for his pioneering work in attachment theory. Both aspired to understand the importance of human development and the importance of many factors that play in an individual’s life to ensure the human well-being from a social perspective. Bowlby and…
Theories 1.2 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…
One of the major theories in social work practice is object relations theory, this theory stems from psychodynamic theory. Though object relations theory is a much disputed theory in which many theorist have contributed, two of the most well known theorist with regards to object relations theory were two pediatrician Donald Winnicott and Margaret Mahler. Though both theorists have different views they also have many commonalities. According to the reading “Theories for Direct Social Work…
This assignment will describe and evaluate two theories in Developmental Psychology - specifically looking at attachment. The two theories that will be covered are Learning theory and Bowlby’s theory. Gross et Al (2009) defines attachment as a reciprocal, deep emotional bond between a child and the attachment figure that sets up the internal working template for all future attachments. Bailey et Al (2008) explain that although feelings may not be visible we can observe the conduct of the…
Researchers, Carlson, Hostinar, Mliner, and Gunnar (2014) examined the formation of attachment in post-institutionalized (PI) infants and their adoptive parents following early social deprivation. The sample was comprised of 65 (PI) toddlers with their parents at 1-3 and 7-9 months post-adoption who were compared to 52 non-adopted (NA) infants. Each parent-child dyad were instructed to participate in a 1.5 hour laboratory sessions at 1-3 and 7-9 months post-adoption. The sessions were videotaped…
situations the child is put through during the first year of life. The Strange Situation is an assessment technique to study a child between the age of twelve to eighteen months old and is held in a subtle lab room. The research method used by Ainsworth is a laboratory observation.The children are viewed through a one way window as they go through 8…
Attachment Theory Attachment theory is a concept developed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Both Bowlby and Ainsworth were inspired by Sigmund Freud and other psychoanalytic. According to Bowlby, a child’s relationship with his or her mother can be described “through separation, deprivation, and bereavement” (Bretherton, 1992, p. 759). Some medically-fragile children develop attachment issues with their parents or caregivers in a family-based care or institutional care. HIV-positive children…
We talked to the teacher and said that we hoped we could pick up the group from their classroom after we had set up the room after discussion with Ann. The group shared their break and seemed in harmony. The group dynamic changed after Andie went in and asked for his music, in which Helen and Julia’s energy went down. I introduced an elastic cloth for warm-up by telling them that it is utilized to help them engage with each other without harming. Calvin did not join in as Helen and Julia did…