HPED 1040 Lecture 10: Lecture 10
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Lecture 10: when one"s happiness is dependent on another person, experience, or outcome, anxiety and grief on possibility of losing something or change. Attachment in relationships: an enduring emotional tie to a special person, characterized by a tendency to seek and maintain closeness, especially during times of stress. Where does attachment begin: during infancy, primary caregivers are the main attachment figures. In later childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, a wider variety of relationship partners can serve as attachment figures including: coaches, therapists, leaders, groups, institutions, Infants and toddlers may show distress at separation, but the baby can be soothed at reunion: marriages are less likely to be conflicted than those of the parents of insecurely attached children. Infants and toddlers that show great distress during separation: clings and cries angrily upon return, distress continues after reunion for much longer than securely attached infants.