Effects Of Attachment On Psychosocial Development

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Chapter seven talks about psychosocial development after the first two years of birth. A child at this moment develops emotional, brain, emotions, and social bonds. The topic that interested me from the chapter is about attachment. It is interesting how a person’s attachment as a child follows into adulthood. This essay will be talking about the types of an attachment a person has can follow into other aspects in of life.
“Attachment style, thought to play a central role in romantic and parent-child relationships, was found to also play a role in people’s broader social network of friends,” said Omri Gillath, professor of psychology at the University of Kansas. Based on what was found a person can guess the form of a person’s social networks

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