The first thing that comes to mind when speaking about attachment is Bowlby’s attachment theory. Through his studies, Bowlby found that attachment was formed through behavioral and motivational patterns formed from birth. In a study done by Bowlby, he observed that when a child was frightened they would seek out their caregiver for comfort. From this finding “Bowlby suggested that early attachment experience creates ‘internal working models’ – life-long templates for preconceptions of the value and reliability of relationships, close and otherwise” (Rees, 2007).
