John Bowlby
One of the most classic theories of attachment was provided by John Bowbly in the 1950s. He suggested that there was a link between children's mental health and later outcomes in life and children's needs to be with their parents. During the Second World War, him and other doctors wrote a letter to protest against children under five being evacuated and being separated from their families. He published a book called 'Maternal Care and Mental Health' in which he showed how important early relationships were to later mental health. The main features of John Bowlby's theory:
1. Babies need to form one strong attachment in the first year of their lives. (This is usually with their mothers)
2. Babies and young children are at higher risk of psychological damage if they don't form a strong attachment or if they have prolonged periods of separation.
3. Babies need more than just their physical care needs met in order to be happy and survive.
4. Babies and children show separation anxiety if they are separated from their main attachments.
Harry Harlow …show more content…
This is where the term cupboard love came from. Harry Harlow, did an experiment called 'Harlow's monkeys' to disprove that 'cupboard love' thinking was incorrect. He put baby monkeys in a cage with two man made monkeys. One of the man made monkeys were made out of wire mesh and it gave out food. The other monkey was covered in towelling cloth but did not give out food. During the experiment Harlow came to find out that the children spent the majority of the time with the cloth monkey and only went to the other monkey for
One of the most classic theories of attachment was provided by John Bowbly in the 1950s. He suggested that there was a link between children's mental health and later outcomes in life and children's needs to be with their parents. During the Second World War, him and other doctors wrote a letter to protest against children under five being evacuated and being separated from their families. He published a book called 'Maternal Care and Mental Health' in which he showed how important early relationships were to later mental health. The main features of John Bowlby's theory:
1. Babies need to form one strong attachment in the first year of their lives. (This is usually with their mothers)
2. Babies and young children are at higher risk of psychological damage if they don't form a strong attachment or if they have prolonged periods of separation.
3. Babies need more than just their physical care needs met in order to be happy and survive.
4. Babies and children show separation anxiety if they are separated from their main attachments.
Harry Harlow …show more content…
This is where the term cupboard love came from. Harry Harlow, did an experiment called 'Harlow's monkeys' to disprove that 'cupboard love' thinking was incorrect. He put baby monkeys in a cage with two man made monkeys. One of the man made monkeys were made out of wire mesh and it gave out food. The other monkey was covered in towelling cloth but did not give out food. During the experiment Harlow came to find out that the children spent the majority of the time with the cloth monkey and only went to the other monkey for