1) The “Belonging Hypothesis” refers to the idea that humans have the desire to create and preserve lasting relationships that are beneficial to them. To satisfy this desire, one must have positive and frequent interactions with others. Additionally, humans are inherently resistant to the breakdown of relationships.
2) Scholars have long believed that humans are driven to form social connections and affiliations for reproductive, protection, and survival purposes. Research on social relatedness has primarily focused on the evolutionary advantages to human social affiliation. Interpersonal bonds highly influenced one’s survival. It is theorized that those who affiliate with others benefit from defense and protection the group offers in …show more content…
Theorists believe that evolutionally advantages have led humans to pursue the formation of emotional bonds with others in a given group. Because humans are born vulnerable to threat, individuals must rely on others to foster a sense of emotional safety and stability. Thus, attachment is inherently an interdependent quality. Once a sense of safely is established, individuals can explore their environment and learn. According to attachment theory, humans develop an attachment style by attaching to their caregiver, establishing an internal working model of how relationships should work based on that relationship, and using these models to determine beliefs about emotional availability in a given …show more content…
The notion that one develops an attachment style in infancy and carries it through adulthood is fascinating. A caregiver has the power to cause extensive damage to one’s ability to form and maintain adult relationships. Because of this early relationship dynamic, I believe that all humans form different individual attachment styles. Depending on the attention and responsiveness of one’s early primary caregiver, one will form a unique attachment style based on how they experience and perceive relationships. Even failure to attach leads to a unique attachment style. I also believe that there is a spectrum of variability in each style based on early relationships. Thus, one can occupy space in each attachment style that is totally unique to his or her
2) Scholars have long believed that humans are driven to form social connections and affiliations for reproductive, protection, and survival purposes. Research on social relatedness has primarily focused on the evolutionary advantages to human social affiliation. Interpersonal bonds highly influenced one’s survival. It is theorized that those who affiliate with others benefit from defense and protection the group offers in …show more content…
Theorists believe that evolutionally advantages have led humans to pursue the formation of emotional bonds with others in a given group. Because humans are born vulnerable to threat, individuals must rely on others to foster a sense of emotional safety and stability. Thus, attachment is inherently an interdependent quality. Once a sense of safely is established, individuals can explore their environment and learn. According to attachment theory, humans develop an attachment style by attaching to their caregiver, establishing an internal working model of how relationships should work based on that relationship, and using these models to determine beliefs about emotional availability in a given …show more content…
The notion that one develops an attachment style in infancy and carries it through adulthood is fascinating. A caregiver has the power to cause extensive damage to one’s ability to form and maintain adult relationships. Because of this early relationship dynamic, I believe that all humans form different individual attachment styles. Depending on the attention and responsiveness of one’s early primary caregiver, one will form a unique attachment style based on how they experience and perceive relationships. Even failure to attach leads to a unique attachment style. I also believe that there is a spectrum of variability in each style based on early relationships. Thus, one can occupy space in each attachment style that is totally unique to his or her