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Attachment

infoWhy this? It is important to know how childhood can influence future relationships and our personalities today.

scheduleWhy now? The final topic taught is attachment. This topic brings in ideas from approaches such as classical and operant conditioning to understand how behaviour is learnt in babies. The topic stems into future relationships which links to year 13 topic of relationships

neurologyYou need to know

  • Animal studies in attachment: Lorenz and Harlow
  • The learning theory and how it helps explain attachment
  • Bowlby's monotropic theory
  • The different types of attachment humans can form
  • The different cultural variations of attachment
  • English and Romanian Adoptees project
  • The influence of early attachment to later relationships

rocket_launchYou must be able to

  • Develop knowledge on the different types of attachments we form throughout life
  • Describe the stages of attachment
  • Understand the different learning theories behind attachment
  • Understand the consequences of poor attachments
  • Analyse and evaluate the research on attachment


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