Essays Tagged: "Bowlby"

This is an chapter by chapter summary of the book Becoming Attached, did it for extra credit

Search for a Theory of Relatedness.This chapter spends a great deal of time on the studies of John Bowlby, a psychoanalysis whom wrote a paper in 1939 about his views about early childhood experience ... . Does she act tense around the baby all the time or does she direct hospitality towards the child? Bowlby went on to theorize that there are two environmental factors that contributed to the child's ...

(45 pages) 492 0 3.4 Jul/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Bowlby's child development. Maternal deprivation hypothoses

AND CHILDHOOD IS AS IMPORTANT FOR MAENTAL HEALTH AS ARE VITAMINS AND PROTEINS FOR PHYSICAL HEALTH' (BOWLBY 1953).DESCRIBE AND DISCUSS THE ABOVE QUOTE WITH REFERENCE TO BOWLBY'S WORK.The major and rela ... IBE AND DISCUSS THE ABOVE QUOTE WITH REFERENCE TO BOWLBY'S WORK.The major and related components of Bowlby's theory of development are concerned with maternal deprivation, especially the effects of se ...

(8 pages) 184 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Maternal Deprivation This essay intends to define 'Maternal' and 'Deprivation' and Bowlby's Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis (1953).

This essay intends to define 'Maternal' and 'Deprivation' and Bowlby's Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis (1953). Following this, I aim to discuss some of the resear ... l Rutter (1976 and 1981), Tizard and Hodges (1978), and Cockett and Tripp (1994) who all challenged Bowlby's concept of Maternal Deprivation. Following these challenges, I will briefly state that Bowl ... wever, the term 'Maternal Deprivation' arises from the work of the developmental psychoanalyst John Bowlby (1907-1990), whose lifetime work was based around studying Childhood through Developmental Ps ...

(5 pages) 80 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Describe and critically assess research in to the effects of deprivation on the subsequent development of children.

itically assess research in to the effects of deprivation on the subsequent development of children.Bowlby (1969) argued that maternal deprivation caused affectionless psychopathy: the inability to fo ... ionless psychopathy and bond disruption is not wholly supported by later studies. Instead, it seems Bowlby's definition of 'deprivation' was too broader term, with his hypothesis relating to 'privatio ...

(9 pages) 133 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The life and works of John Bowlby

The life and works of John Bowlby1907 - 19907John Bowlby was born in 1907. After his graduation he pursued his new found intere ... expelled from his previous school for stealing. The second was an anxious boy of 7 or 8 who trailed Bowlby around and was known as his shadow. An additional major influence on Bowlby was John Alford, ... nce on Bowlby was John Alford, one of the other volunteer staff at the school. It was with him that Bowlby spent many hours discussing the effect of early experience, or lack of it, upon character dev ...

(3 pages) 82 0 2.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Consider psychological research into the effects of day care on children's cognitive and/or social development

oys who benefit most from day care particularly if they start before the age of 1, this contradicts Bowlby's theory which suggests that separation would affect future emotional development. Burchinal, ...

(2 pages) 95 1 3.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

BOWLBYS ATTACHMENT THEORY

mework that will be discussed in the essay;Application of the theory in the case study;Criticism on Bowlby's theory and alternative theories that are applicable in this situation;How and why knowledge ... ries are useful and relevant for social workers;THE EMERGENCE OF ATTACHMENT THEORYAccording to John Bowlby (cited in David, H 1995), many aspects of our personality form during childhood as we experie ...

(11 pages) 290 3 4.6 Apr/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

How do Tony and Jo think their experiences of attachment and separation have affected them, and how does this relate to Bowlby's theory of attachment?

tion andattachment have a bearing on their understanding of who they are as adults.IntroductionJohn Bowlby is credited with formulating the first concise theory ofattachment In the late 1940's. He bel ... nfant or young child should experience a warm, intimate andcontinual environment with its mother." (Bowlby, 1953, p.6)Without these attachments, research conducted by Goldfarb (1947) on childrenliving ...

(8 pages) 126 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

If a parent asks for your opinion about whether to put an infant in day care, what would you say and why?

ibility of mental health risks associated with group day-care were first raised half a century ago (Bowlby, 1951; WHO Expert Committee on Mental Health, 1951). However, over the years, there has been ... ild interaction and socioemotional adjustment during toddler and preschool years.Attachment SecurityBowlby's (1969, 1973) theory of infant-parent attachment raised the concerns that separation from th ...

(11 pages) 108 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Consider the Extent to which Psychological Theories have been Successful in Explaining Attatchments - Bowlby's Theory of Attachment

The theory of attachment was originally developed by John Bowlby (1907 - 1990). Bowlby was a British psychoanalyst who was attempting to understand the intens ... o understand the intense distress experienced by infants who had been separated from their parents. Bowlby's first formal statement of the attachment theory, building on concepts from ethology and dev ... ration Anxiety" (1959), and "Grief and Mourning in Infancy and Early Childhood" (1960).According to Bowlby infants have an innate tendency to become attached to one particular individual. This was ref ...

(4 pages) 127 2 4.0 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Main features of the dyadic relationships between babies and their primary caregivers, and the importance of such relationships for children's psychological development.

ed that in order to survive, children must born with the readiness to relate to other human beings. Bowlby also argued that the propensity to form strong emotional bonds with particular individuals (p ... lescence to adulthood.The life span influence of infant-mother relationship could be illustrated by Bowlby's attachment theory and Ainsworth's "Strange Situation" technique. As mentioned above, Bowlby ...

(9 pages) 45 0 0.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

White Olender

ad character Astrid with what physicologists describe as an "insecure ambivalent attachment style" (Bowlby) in both her parental or her physical relationships. Throughout the novel her identity is que ...

(5 pages) 11 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Bowlby’s Theory On Attachment

Discuss and evaluate Bowlby?s theory on Attachment in the light of more recent studies in Psychology. How have these theo ... day? This paper will start with a brief insight into the period of history and studies that lead to Bowlby?s ideas. It will then make a full evaluation of his attachment and deprivation hypotheses, in ... how his research has affected certain areas of social work such as day care, adoption and fostering.Bowlby was commissioned by the World Health Organisation in the 1950s to study the effects on child ...

(11 pages) 115 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

maternal deprivation-Bowlby

Maternal deprivationBowlby was a psychoanalyst; he came up with a theory for maternal deprivation. He used this theory t ... ith social, intellectual and emotional damage due to maternal deprivation.This view is supported by Bowlby's research, 44 Juvenile Thieves. Bowlby conducted a piece of research in which to find out if ... the child guidance clinic. Forty-four children had been referred to the clinic because of stealing. Bowlby interviewed children and their parents building up a record of their early life experiences.B ...

(2 pages) 0 0 0.0 Jan/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology