Although similar theorists such as Piaget‚ Erickson‚ Freud‚ Kohlberg and Braufenbreener all vied for secured interactions between mothers and infants‚ their comments appeared to be understated in light of the developmental theories (Crain‚ 2010). As such‚ the theory positions itself ...
A Comparison of Individual Psychology and Attachment Theory While many theories are becoming increasingly reflective of Adler's underlying philosophy, Individual Psychology has become a theory that many authors feel free to use without acknowledgement of the source. Many cognitive theorists have ... DA...
Attachment theorists have argued that securely attached children tend to exhibit flexible attention; the attention of children with resistant attachments is centered on attachment-related worries; children with avoidant attachments defensively focus attention away from attachment-related emotions/thoughts; and ...
Attachment theorists assume that attachment quality is based on the nature of a caregiver's responses to an infant's signals for proximity and contact. Although there appears to be broad agreement in the literature on the importance of maternal sensitivity in affecting attachment relationships, ...
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In the field of psychology, attachment theory focuses on human bonds, especially integral relationships between children and their caregivers. Attachment theorists assert that the bond between a child and their caregiver heavily impacts the child's later relationships. According to attachment theory, th...
As predicted by learning theorists, Hubbard and Van IJzendoorn (1987) found opposite effects: over time, children cried more if parents quickly provided support to the child when distressed. These findings suggested that the development of attachment behaviors such as crying is affected by learning...
Yet attachment does have a unique role in development, if only because it is first in the developmental line, and thus sets the stage for subsequent developmental processes. Attachment theorists embrace a dynamic, non-linear, non-deterministic, transactional view of development, in which early attac...
Gender and working models of attachment: consequences for perceptions of self and romantic relationships Several theorists have proposed that differential socialization experiences lead men and women to differ in the importance they assign to relationships and in how they interpret and respond to relationsh...
According to family systems theorists, somatization permits the family to focus attention on illness behavior while drawing attention away from other conflicts.49 Marital conflict has frequently been reported in the families of somatizing patients,49,50 and such families have been found to be less su...