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Attachment
Title: Attachment
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 1666 | Pages: 7.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Attachment
The unborn child is dependent on the mother for all its nutritional needs via the placenta and umbilical cord. In a similar way, this dependency carries on after a child is born and its umbilical cord is cut and knotted. The child needs someone to reattach itself to. In the Oxford, ‘attachment’ is defined as affection or devotion. “…Harlow discovered that love and affection may be primary needs that are just as strong as or
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principal caregivers…” (Ainsworth, 1985). This reinforces Bowlby’s four transition phases of the infant.
This essay attempted, through the use of evidence obtained from the prescribed readings and course textbooks, to answer the proposed questions relating to attachment. Attachment as a concept was given meaning. The procedures used to assess the security of attachment were outlined. The main theories and research findings, backing the importance of early attachment for later socio-emotional development, were discussed and evaluated.
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