1. By: Preetie Cheema, Qian Ying Lee, Aish Purushothaman, Jamila Shairzad 10H

2.  1907 – 1990  Psychoanalyst  Believed that mental health and behavioural problems could be attributed to early childhood.  Likes to study separation of children, due to his own experiences  Mary Ainsworth -> student of Bowlby. Extended and tested his ideas, and suggested that several attachment styles existed. Bowlby’s Biography…

3.  AKA Theory of Monotropy  Theory derives from Lornez's study of Imprinting.  Earliest bonds formed by children with caregivers impact their life.  Attachment keeps the infant close to mother, thus improving the child's chances of survival.  Children are born biologically pre-programmed to form attachments with others -> survival Bowlby’s Attachment Theory…

4.  SAFE HAVEN- When threatened or afraid -> return to the caregiver for soothing  SECURE BASE- Caregiver -> secure and dependable base for child to explore the world  PROXIMITY MAINTENANCE- Child strives to stay near the caregiver -> keeping child safe  SEPARATION DISTRESS- When separated from the caregiver -> upset and distressed Characteristics of Attachment…

5.  Any separation during the critical stage of development will affect the child in later life.  Separation was the cause of the delinquency or disobedience. Maternal deprivation hypothesis…

6.  Secure Attachment  Resistant Attachment  Avoidant Attachment  Separation Anxiety  Stranger Anxiety Types of Attachments & Anxieties…

8. Bibliography…  http://www.simplypsychology.org/bowlby.htmlhttp: //www.coursework.info/AS_and_A_Level/Psycholo gy/Developmental_Psychology/__147_Bowlby__146 _s_maternal_deprivation_L986.html  http://psychology.about.com/od/loveandattraction /a/attachment01.htm  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH00 02509/  http://www.parenting- ed.org/handout3/Specific%20Concerns%20and%20 Problems/stranger%20anxiety.htm  http://www.aap.org/publiced/BK0_SeparationAnxie ty.htm THANK YOU FOR LISTENING =D