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
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