CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which theorists research indicated that infants and young children need attentive, responsive adults in order to develop into well-adjusted individuals?
A
Bowlby
B
Erikson
C
Maslow
D
Piaget
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bowlby’s evolutionary theory of attachment suggests that children come into the world biologically pre-programmed to form attachments with others, because this will help them to survive. A child has an innate (i.e. inborn) need to attach to one main attachment figure. This is called monotropy.

Detailed explanation-3: -The origins of attachment theory: John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth.

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