STEP 1: In a discussion post of at least 200 words, demonstrate your understandi
STEP 1: In a discussion post of at least 200 words, demonstrate your understanding of concepts learned in this module by responding to the following prompt:
Pick an age: 1, 3, 7, 12, 15, 22, 35, 50, or 75. Think of your own experience or the experiences of those you know at this age. Consider the major developmental theories you learned about in this module (psychosexual, psychosocial, cognitive, and moral), and apply them to the age of your choosing. Describe either your own experiences, experiences of someone else, or an imagined situation at this age and use appropriate terms and definitions from the module to describe that stage of development. Do you agree with the developmental theories that describe this age? Why or why not?
STEP 2: One development theory is attachment theory….Attachment theory is a very interesting theory that has its roots in psychoanalytic theory. The premise of attachment theory centers on the idea of bonding between caregiver and child. The theory of attachment was originally developed by John Bowlby (1907 – 1990), a British psychoanalyst who was attempting to understand the intense distress experienced by infants who had been separated from their parents. Bowlby observed that separated infants would go to extraordinary lengths (e.g., crying, clinging, frantically searching) to prevent separation from their parents or to reestablish proximity to a missing parent.
In an effort to measure parent/child attachment, Bowlby and Ainsworth created the “STRANGE SITUATION” experiment. These experiments have been conducted across settings and across many cultures. Bowlby and Ainsworth’s research and the research conducted by other psychologists interested in attachment have concluded 3 different attachment styles that seem to stretch into adulthood.
1) Secure attachment
2) Anxious Avoidant attachment
3) Avoidant Attachment
How would you explain each of these? Can you see these styles in others or yourself? As children, these various attachment styles may manifest in various ways. As the individual matures, the attachment style seems to be a mainstay. In other words, adult relationships can be dependent on the relationships we have as children…withour primary caregivers….do you think this is true? (50+ words)