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Attachment theory From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nuvola apps edu miscellaneous CH4.svg This article is being edited by students as part of a class project. Please assume good faith. If there are any problems, you are encouraged to contact an administrator. More information might be found on the projects page. Notice for readers and editors[show] Attachment theory illustrates the different types of bonds a child and its parents/ caretakers can form. In order for the child to become a functioning member of society he or she must create a strong attachment, effects are life long lasting. Attachment theory is a good predictor of how adults interact with each other. Babies know who their mother and father are at a very early age, they learn the connection between crying and attention getting. To ensure a good attachment is formed it is important to show a lot affection, often; talking, kissing, baby talk, singing are all acceptable ways to attach. If a baby feels loved then later on in life they are more likely to become friendlier and more affectionate towards others when he or she grows up. When a child feels loved and cared for and thinks other people will be nice, that child is said to be securely attached. Two people were important in thinking about and writing about attachment theory, John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Bowlby wrote that the care and love a baby gets from its parents cause it to form an important idea.[1] He called this idea the internal working model. The internal working model is how the baby or child thinks about itself, its parents, and other people. When parents have taken loving care of a baby and child, it grows up with a positive internal working model. This child will think that it is lovable, because it was loved. It will think that the parents are good, because they were caring. And the child will not be afraid to try to make friends with new people, because it will expect people to be nice. Children who have a positive internal working model are also likely to be kind to other people. Bowlby believed that a positive internal working model would help people make friends. Bowlby wrote that the attachment process in people was like the closeness that exists between mother and baby gorillas, chimpanzees and monkeys. In people, Bowlby believed that attachment developed gradually, in four steps. Mary Ainsworth saw how mothers treated their babies in different cities and countries. She saw that many ways mothers and babies acted were the same, even when families lives were very different.[2] Ainsworth made a way to test how the attachment relationship between a mother and her young child. She called it "The Strange Situation."[3] References[change]

Jump up ↑ Bowlby, J. (1982). Attachment and loss. Vol. 1: Attachment (2nd Ed.). New York: Basic Books (new printing, 1999, with a foreword by Allan N. Schore; originally published in 1969). Jump up ↑ Ainsworth, M., Blehar, M., Waters, E., & Wall, S. (1978). Patterns of Attachment. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Jump up ↑ Ainsworth, M. D. S., & Bell, S. M. (1970). Attachment, exploration, and separation: Illustrated by the behavior of one-year-olds in a strange situation. Child development, 49-67. Further Reading[change]

Hrdy S. (2009). Mothers and Others. Smith, H. J. (2006). Parenting for Primates.