AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bowlby and Parkes1-4 were the first to propose a stage theory of grief for adjustment to bereavement that included 4 stages: shock-numbness, yearning-searching, disorganization-despair, and reorganization.

Detailed explanation-2: -Parkes and Bowlby Attachment theory states that once an attachment has been formed-for example, between a child and their parents-a response (typically fear, anger, frustration, or grief) is unavoidable when the attachment or bond breaks.

Detailed explanation-3: -Persistent, traumatic grief can cause us to cycle (sometimes quickly) through the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. These stages are our attempts to process change and protect ourselves while we adapt to a new reality.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Bowlby, our attachment system gets activated when a loved one passes away. Thus, in times of deep mourning, we use our attachment styles to cope with the trauma and adversity of such loss to regain our sense of security. Essentially, attachment styles are patterns of feeling, thinking and believing.

Detailed explanation-5: -Stage two – the pain of yearning and searching. If there is anything I relate to it is yearning – the overwhelming want to see someone you have lost again and the experience of trying to make sense of this tremendous void.