Attachments

1. The formation of attachments in human babies

What are attachments? How can we see that an attachment has formed? How do human babies develop attachments?

2. Why do babies develop attachments?

Learning Theory, Social Learning Theory (SLT) & evolutionary explanations

3. Types of attachments including secure & insecure

Variations in attachments

4. Cultural variations in attachments

Research from various countries How do these findings relate to child rearing methods?

5. Disruption of attachments

The short & long term effects of separation. The effects of privation & institutionalisation

6. Attachment in everyday life: How does daycare affect children's social development?

A man who has been the indisputable favourite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror ~ Sigmund Freud