Mary Ainsworth

Part A: The Need to Belong: 1.) I understood the belongingness hypothesis to be the idea that we all have a almost a desire we are born with to fulfill a need to belong to someone. Not as property but to emotionally belong to someone, and for them to equally belong to us in the same way. It is not only something we are all born with, but without it they have found in studies that there is serious consequences, emotionally and psychologically. 2) The idea that there is a…

Teacher-child relationships are an integral component of a child’s everyday life. Especially for children who are in elementary school around the ages of 7-10. During those years, students spend a lot of time each week in the classroom with the same teacher and participate more in classroom activities and learning. Research has shown how important the teacher-student relationship can influence students’ outcomes in school (REF). That teacher-student relationship can also have an impact on a…

Humans need love and attachments like we need water and air. As we move throughout our lives from babies to adults, attachments have essential roles to play from making sure our biological needs are met to providing us with comfort, trust, and a sense of interconnectedness. Since attachments are such an integral and emotional part of our lives, it makes sense that when we are separated from or lose people we are attached to it can be an excruciating experience. For children losing attachment…

Critically evaluate evidence that maternal deprivation in infancy has long-term effects on human social and emotional development in an essay of 1,000 words. When considering the question, of whether maternal deprivation in infancy has long-term effects on human social and emotional development, we have to first understand what social and emotional development is, and the psychological approaches which study these aspects. Psychosocial psychology, studies how a persons thoughts, emotions and…

An immense of research supports mental health professionals to practice the theoretical framework of modern attachment theory in analyzing client’s situations. Modern attachment framework allows providers to gain insight of clients current functioning through a holistic approach that considers the connection between mind, body and brain. Bowlby’s work provided insight in understanding the importance of a person’s development through the concept of attachment schema, proximity and secure base.…

stranger nor avoid being with me. Instead he seemed to be close to me, and wanted to maintain contact with me when he became distressed when I left him with some strangers. This can be an example of the Ainsworth Strange Situation, which was an experimental technique to measure attachment. “The Ainsworth Strange Situation sequence of staged episodes illustrated the strengths of attachment between a child and a (typically) mother” (Attachment Power…

world. Attachment theory, developed jointly by Bowlby and Ainsworth, describes the multiple ways an infant can emotionally attach to their primary caregiver (Bretherton 1992). Bowlby explained that innate behaviors of infants, such as clinging, sucking and following, promote the formation of secure attachment between the infant and mother when the mother responds to these cues appropriately (Bretherton 1992). Building on Bowlby’s work, Ainsworth contributed to the understanding of attachment by…

This is my review on the book Shattered Lives; This book was written by Camila Batmanghelidjh the founder of Kids Company; the registered charity was founded in 1996 with the aim to provide support to deprived inner city children. The author was born into wealthy family in Iran and arrived in England aged twelve where she attended private school. The book is sectioned into ten chapters, with an introduction and appendix at the end explaining who is who in the therapy world, and a guide to…

The Chosen written by American-Jewish author and rabbi, Chaim Potok, emphasises the importance of parent child relationships, specifically between Fathers and sons, within adolescent years. Between the ages of 10-19 children are moulded through the environment they’re raised in and the elements of relationship that are present. During this time, they acquire much of their character traits that build individual perspective and provide a structure for the development of one’s own values.…

Language plays a large role in the interaction of human beings. Language is described as a social cognitive function; it is used by adults to express and understand mental processes with of humans, form bonds, and distinguish cultures. Given language’s social function for adults, it is no surprise that the development of language in infants is primarily a social activity. A caregiver, typically the mother of the infant, plays the greatest role in a child’s linguistic journey by developing a…