HPRO 3325 Lecture Notes - John Bowlby, Attachment In Adults, Mary Ainsworth
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Who survived: 90% of the single men died. All 9 members of one family, including a 1 yr. old girl, survived. Why are relationships important: crucial for health, crucial for mental health, make life worth living, difficulties characteristic of mental illness. People who are socially isolated are more likely to suffer from poor physical and mental health and are more likely to die prematurely . We will be talking about: attachment, the family context, specific skills, social support, communities. *a caring and close emotional bond with another person that lasts overtime, even when separated by space. *need to understand it in order to understand our capacity for relationships. Expectations for future relationships based on early experience: i. e. the working model . Formation of attachment: all infants attempt to attach to caregiver, seeing proximity to them, attachment figures can provide secure base throughout life. Infants do what is needed to create caregiving in caregiver.