Developmental Psychology

Attachments in Development

The development and variety of attachments.

Stages in the formation of attachments (e.g. Schaffer).

Research into individual differences in attachment, including secure and insecure attachments (e.g. Ainsworth) and cross-cultural variations.

Explanations of attachment (e.g. learning theory, Bowlby’s theory).

Deprivation and privation.

Bowlby’s maternal deprivation hypothesis, including evidence which
supports the hypothesis.

Research into the effects of privation (e.g. studies of extreme privation and institutionalisation), including the extent to which the effects of privation can be reversed.

Critical Issue: day care.

The effects of day care on children’s cognitive and social development.

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